The Maharashtra Government on Thursday requested Maratha quota protester Manoj Jarange to withdraw his hunger strike. However, Mr. Jarange said he would continue with it till the State relaxed the condition of genealogy while providing a Kunbi caste certificate to members of the community from the Marathwada region.
The Secretary of the Maharashtra Government’s General Administration Department wrote a letter to Mr. Jarange, requesting him to withdraw the strike as the government had accepted his demand. But Mr. Jarange declined.
“Though we have not received the GR (Government Resolution) on the government’s decision yet, we learnt that it will give Kunbi caste certificates to those Marathas who have genealogy. If we have genealogy, we do not need a GR at all to get a [Kunbi caste] certificate,” he said.
