Activist to give up water too if demands not met
MUMBAI, Sept. 1 -- Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, who is on an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan for the past three days, threatened to even give up water from today if his demands on reservation were not met. He also warned that more Marathas from across Maharashtra would flood the city in the coming days.
Till the third day of the protest, not a single Mahayuti minister had met the 43-year-old activist. Jarange-Patil blamed chief minister Devendra Fadnavis for creating "instability" in Maharashtra. "Due to his stubbornness, Marathas were forced to come to Mumbai to protest," he said. "The same Fadnavis, when in the opposition, had claimed that our community could get reservations if there was political will. After coming to power, he changed colour like a chameleon."
Meanwhile, the cabinet sub-committee on Maratha reservation met on Sunday and discussed the possible issuing of Kunbi certificates to Marathas in the Marathwada region. On Sunday evening, Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, president of the sub-committee, and other members held a meeting to discuss the issue with advocate-general Birendra Saraf, which retired judge Sandip Shinde attended via video-conferencing. P4...
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