Pune: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Thursday termed deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis “the cruellest home minister” of Maharashtra and said BJP would face a drubbing in the assembly elections just because of Fadnavis. “I have not seen a more cruel home minister than Fadnavis. I have no personal enmity with him, but the Marathas have not forgotten the way he ordered police lathicharge on innocent people during the last year’s agitation.
The BJP will be washed out in the assembly elections only because of Fadnavis. We will ensure that BJP loses more than 100 seats in the polls,” Jarange said, while addressing supporters in Antarwali Sarati on the occasion of completing one year of Maratha quota agitation. The activist had called a meeting at Antarwali Sarati to the agitation anniversary.
During the meeting, Jarange announced that he would start an indefinite hunger strike from Sept 29, which would be his final hunger strike to press for the Maratha quota demand. “On the day of completing one year of the agitation, I am issuing an ultimatum to state govt to accept our demand and give Marathas reservation under the OBC category. Govt has one month to take the decision.
If it fails to make any announcement, I will start an indefinite strike from Sept 29, which will be be a decisive hunger strike,” Jarange said We also published the following articles recently Jarange terms Fadnavis cruellest Maha home minister, gives one-month ultimatum to BJP to decide on quota demand Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange criticized Maharashtra's Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis as the cruellest home minister, blaming him for last year's police crackdown on protesters. Jarange announced an indefinite hunger strike starting September 29 if their demand for Maratha reservation under the OBC category is not fulfilled by the state government within the given one-month ultimatum. OBC activist Hake wants details of Kunbi certs issued after Jaranges agitation made public OBC activist Laxman Hake requests the state government to publish details of Kunbi certificates issued to Marathas following Manoj Jarange's demands.
Hake argues this will expose the government's stance on the OBC quota. Ahead of the assembly elections, he urges the OBC community to unite to protect their reservation rights and calls for accountability from political leaders. Jarange blames corrupt contractors, threatens agitation over Shivaji statue collapse Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange attributed the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue in Sindhudurg to corrupt government contractors.
Installed at Rajkot Fort, the statue fell on Navy Day. Jarange warned of agitation if the responsible individuals were not apprehended and criticized the government's attempts to shield them..
