Keeping up the pressure over the Maratha reservation issue, quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Sunday said he would soon resume his Maharashtra tour. Villages will begin holding ‘chain fasts’ from December 1 until the Maratha community is granted reservation, he added.
He said that the State’s Eknath Shinde-led government was working earnestly towards ensuring the Marathas a foolproof reservation, adding that the entire community was looking with hope towards securing a quota by December 24.
Speaking in Sambhajinagar (formerly Aurangabad) where he is convalescing after staging a nine-day hunger fast, Mr. Jarange-Patil said: “The Marathas have become aware of their rights now. They have realised there is great power in a sustained and peaceful agitation. There has been a radical transformation in their thinking. People who never hit the streets previously are now coming out in strength. The Marathas are realizing the need to stand up for their rights and those of their children.”
