Manoj Jarange Patil, chief of the Maratha quota protest, has concluded his starvation strike in Mumbai because the Maharashtra authorities accepted all his calls for.
In a vital growth in the present day, Manoj Jarange Patil, the chief of the Martha quota protest, ended his starvation strike after the Maharashtra authorities acceded to all his calls for. The 40-year-old had been on a starvation strike in Mumbai since yesterday, advocating for reservation in schooling and jobs for the Maratha group underneath the Other Backward Classes (OBC) class.
Mr. Patil’s key calls for included the issuance of Kunbi certificates for all Marathas, provision of free schooling from kindergarten to postgraduate stage, and reservation of seats for Marathas in authorities job recruitments. Expressing satisfaction with the progress, Mr. Patil revealed that 37 lakh Kunbi certificates had already been distributed, with the quantity set to extend to 50 lakh. The time period ‘Kunbi’ refers back to the Other Backward Classes (OBC).
The Maratha quota protest chief had earlier issued a stern warning, declaring his intent to steer a large protest to Mumbai’s Azad Maidan if the federal government failed to fulfill their calls for. “If the government does not agree, then we will show what we can do,” Mr. Patil had asserted.
Who is Manoj Jarange Patil?
A farmer with a matriculation schooling, Jarange has been an integral a part of the Maratha quota agitation for almost 15 years. Hailing from Maharashtra’s Beed district, he presently resides in Ambad in Jalna district, the place he has been main the agitation. With the Maratha quota motion missing a distinguished face for years, Jarange has emerged as a vital determine in filling this void.
Married and a father of 4, Jarange maintains a non-political stance regardless of having served because the district youth president for the Congress till 2004. Following that, he based the Shivba Sangathana. Over the final 12 years, Jarange has orchestrated 35 protests, beginning in 2011.
In a exceptional show of dedication, Jarange offered round two acres of his personal land to finance the protests. Among his calls for, he sought Rs 50 lakh in monetary help and authorities jobs for the households of Maratha youths who had tragically died by suicide throughout the wrestle for reservation.
