Maratha activist Manoj Jarange Patil has launched an indefinite hunger strike at Antarwali Sarati after talks with a state delegation deadlocked. Jarange Patil is demanding immediate, legally binding executive orders to grant Kunbi caste certificates to 58 lakh individuals
After attending the all-party meeting, Thorat said, My party and I believe that there should be no politics on this. We will listen to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and extend support to the positive initiatives that will be taken by the govt
Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole alleged police lathi-charged protestors in Jalna seeking Maratha reservation on the orders of the government to divert the attention from the INDIA bloc meeting.
The Supreme Court on September 9 last year stayed the implementation of the the 2018 Maharashtra law granting reservation to Marathas in education and jobs.