Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil suspends indefinite fast
The Hindu
Activist Manoj Jarange on June 13 announced that he is suspending his indefinite fast over Maratha reservation.
Activist Manoj Jarange on June 13 announced that he is suspending his indefinite fast over Maratha reservation.
Mr. Patil started his fast unto death on June 8 as indicated by him in April this year.
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Mr. Patil had said that if the Maratha reservation is not provided this time, he will contest the Maharashtra Assembly elections that are expected to take place in October later this year.
Earlier in April this year, Mr. Patil said that he would go on a hunger strike if the State Government did not resolve the Maratha reservation issue by June 4.
He had criticised both the ruling Mahyuti tripartite alliance and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi for “doing nothing” regarding the Maratha reservation.
“We have been misled by the state government. Mahayuti has not given us Maratha reservation...When Maha Vikas Aghadi was in power, they did nothing for the Maratha reservation,” he had said.
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