Opposition parties hit out at the Maharashtra government after a car in which senior journalist Nikhil Wagle was travelling was allegedly attacked by Bharatiya Janata Party workers at Khandoji Baba Chowk in Pune on Friday evening. The BJP workers were reportedly protesting Nikhil Wagle’s remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and LK Advani after the …
The Maharashtra government on Saturday accepted the demand of Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil to extend OBC quota benefits to the community, a decision that was aimed at mollifying an agitation that was on the brink of bringing hundreds of thousands of protesters to the heart of India’s financial capital. Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange …
Maratha Quota Protest Live Updates: On Saturday morning, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde of Maharashtra presented Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil with a glass of juice, symbolising the end of Patil’s fast regarding the reservation issue. Both leaders also addressed a joint victory rally in Vashi, Navi Mumbai. Patil, who had declared that his march …
Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil has called off his protest as the Maharashtra government, led by chief minister Eknath Shinde, responded to the demands with a draft ordinance regarding reservation in education and jobs under the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) category. Maratha activist Manoj Jarange Patil and his supporters during their march for reservation, …