After a period of enforced dormancy, Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil announced on Tuesday that he would renew his agitation by starting a fresh hunger strike on June 4, the day Lok Sabha results are to be declared.
Mr. Jarange-Patil, whose agitation has cast a shadow over several Lok Sabha constituencies in the Marathwada region, took aim at PM Modi. He said no other Prime Minister in the past had held so many rallies in the State during an election.
Mr. Jarange-Patil ascribed the PM’s rallies to an effort by the ruling BJP to downplay the “hatred” that some of their leaders had for Marathas and other communities.