Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Saturday threatened a renewed agitation starting on October 25 if the Maharashtra government does not meet the demands of the Maratha community, which include reservations in jobs and educational institutions.
Expressing his concerns, he said: “I don’t know what the government is doing. Tomorrow, we will hold a meeting in Antarwali Sarati village in Jalna [district] to chart out our next course of action. The government should be aware that the peaceful agitation of the Maratha community is something they cannot ignore.”
The 40-year-old activist recently brought the Maratha quota issue to the forefront in the State by staging a hunger strike at Antarwali Sarati on August 29. The situation escalated when police took action at the hunger strike site on September 1, resulting in injuries to several individuals.
