Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Wednesday asserted that his community would never permit caste riots across Maharashtra while remarking that even other backward class (OBC) members in the State’s rural hinterlands had begun chastising OBC leaders who spoke against Maratha reservation.
Addressing a packed rally in Igatpuri in Nashik district, the stronghold of his bete noire – Maharashtra Minister and OBC leader Chhagan Bhujbal, Mr. Jarange Patil launched a frontal attack on the former, recalling Mr. Bhujbal’s alleged involvement in the Maharashtra Sadan scam case.
“Public money was looted and therefore you [Mr. Bhujbal] had to go behind bars… I know where you [Mr. Bhujbal] used to sell vegetables, whose bungalows you have grabbed, what all you did in Mumbai,” the activist said.
