MARATHA QUOTA: All-party meetEnd fast: Leaders to Jarange

 

 

 

LEADERS at an all-party meeting on Maratha quota chaired by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday passed a resolution asking activist Manoj Jarange to call off his indefinite fast. The Maharashtra Government is in favour of the Maratha quota, Chief Minister Shinde said after the meeting in Mumbai. Activist Jarange should cooperate withtheGovernment in ensuring quota fortheMaratha community he said. The CM said Marathas should observe restraint.

 

The Government needs time for legal modalities to implement the reservation, Shinde said. The resolution was signed by CM Shinde,Deputy CM DevendraFadnavis, NCP president Sharad Pawar,Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Parab, Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar,Lo Pinthe legislative council Ambadas Danve, among others. Shinde also said that reservation should be given to the Maratha community without tampering with the existing quotas of other communities in the state. Incidents of violence have been witnessed in many parts of the state in the last few days. State-run bus services have been completely suspended in five Marath wada districts while curfew and Internet shut-down were imposed in parts of Beed on Monday where the houses of political leaders were targeted by protesters.

 

The CM has appealed to people not toresorttoviolenceandalsoaskedpolitical parties to avoid indulging in any activities that would worsen the situation. The Maharashtra Government published an order onTuesday asking officials concerned to issue fresh Kunbi caste certificates to eligible Maratha community members, paving the way for them to avail reservation benefits under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category. A Government Resolution (GR) asked theofficials to translate old documents having references to Kunbis and written in Urdu and ‘Modi’ script (which was used to write Marathi language in earliertimes).These documents are to be digitised, attested and then put in public domain.

 

GOVT SHOULD TELL WHY IT NEEDS MORE TIME TO DECIDE ON MARATHA QUOTA: JARANGE: ACTIVIST Manoj Jarangeon Wednesday asked the Maharashtra Governmentto make it clearwhetheritis ready toprovide reservation to the entire Maratha community and why it needs more time in granting quota to it. JARANGE SAYS HE IS STOPPING WATER INTAKE: REJECTING the appeal made by leaders at an all-party meeting to withdraw his ongoing hunger strike for Maratha reservation, activist Manoj Jarange on Wednesday evening announced that he would not be taking even water now. The Maharashtra Government shouldstatewhenitwouldgrantreservation to the Maratha community, he saidathisnativevillageAntarwaliSarati in Jalna district where he launched his indefinite fast on October 25.