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'Must Return Victorious': Jarange Announces Mumbai Hunger Strike Amid Ganeshotsav
Manoj Jarange Patil is protesting for reservation benefits for the Maratha community.
Reservation can provide special access to some jobs and education opportunities.
He has been fasting at Antarwali Sarati since August 29.
He announced that he and his supporters will march toward Mumbai on September 15.
They plan to reach Mumbai and begin another indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan on September 19.
The march will pass through several places in Maharashtra.
The protest is planned during Ganeshotsav, when Mumbai is especially crowded.
Jarange asked supporters not to throw stones or trouble ordinary people.
He said the protest should remain peaceful and democratic.
Manoj Jarange Patil announced an indefinite hunger strike at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan from September 19.
The protest seeks reservation for the Maratha community in jobs and education.
Jarange and supporters plan to march toward Mumbai beginning September 15, following a route through Maharashtra.
Jarange has been on an indefinite hunger strike at Antarwali Sarati since August 29.
He urged protesters to remain peaceful and follow democratic methods during the agitation.
- Who
- Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil and his supporters.
- What
- They plan a march to Mumbai followed by an indefinite hunger strike demanding Maratha reservation in jobs and education.
- Where
- The protest will move from Antarwali Sarati in Jalna district to Mumbai’s Azad Maidan, with planned halts in Patoda, Shrigonda, Hadapsar, Khopoli and Koparkhairane.
- When
- The march is scheduled to begin September 15, with the Azad Maidan hunger strike starting September 19; Jarange’s existing hunger strike began August 29.
- Why
- The agitation seeks reservation for the Maratha community, implementation of Hyderabad and Satara Gazette records, and Kunbi caste certificates for eligible Maratha community members.
Jarange and Supporters
Administrative Concerns
Reservation demand
Jarange and Supporters
Jarange and his supporters say the agitation must continue until reservation is secured for the Maratha community.
Administrative Concerns
The article does not report a direct response from government authorities, but says the administration must manage the protest alongside Ganeshotsav arrangements.
Protest conduct
Jarange and Supporters
Jarange called for a peaceful, democratic protest and asked participants not to engage in stone-pelting or inconvenience citizens.
Administrative Concerns
Authorities face the task of maintaining law and order while managing protesters, traffic, crowds and security during Ganeshotsav.
Key facts
- Protest leader
- Manoj Jarange Patil
- Main demand
- Reservation for the Maratha community in jobs and education
- Mumbai protest site
- Azad Maidan
- Mumbai hunger strike
- Scheduled to begin September 19
- March departure
- Scheduled for September 15
- Current hunger strike
- Started August 29 at Antarwali Sarati
- Additional demands
- Implementation of Hyderabad and Satara Gazette records and Kunbi certificates for eligible Maratha community members
- Administrative concern
- The march coincides with Ganeshotsav, increasing traffic, crowd and security-management challenges in Mumbai
Quotes
Manoj Jarange Patil
Maratha reservation activist and leader of the announced agitation
“We must not retreat now. We must return from Mumbai victorious, having secured reservation.”
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