Even as Maratha quota agitators staged road blocks in a number of villages under the direction from Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Saturday, the activist claimed that the government was making attempts to frame him in a case and get him arrested.
“Attempts are underway to trap me and get me arrested. But I am going to foil these with the help of the Maratha community,” Mr. Jarange-Patil said, speaking in Antarwali-Sarati village in Jalna district.
The activist, on his fourth hunger strike for seeking reservation for the Marathas under the Other Backward Class (OBC) category, alleged that several people were “working in the background” to trap him.