Maratha quota: Marathas will march towards Mumbai on Saturday, says Jarange

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Friday said that the Marathas will march towards Mumbai on Saturday and will stay in Navi Mumbai on Friday the ANI reportedManoj Jarange on Friday made a fresh demand that the Maharashtra government amend its free education policy to include all Marathas until the benefit of reservation becomes available for the entire community reported the PTIAccording to the ANI Maratha Reservation activist Manoj Jarange said the Marathas will not go towards Mumbai today They will stay in Navi Mumbai only Jarange has asked the Maharashtra government to issue GR regarding the Maratha reservation by tonight If by tonight GR is not issued by the Maharashtra government Marathas will march towards Mumbai tomorrow morningMaharashtra Maratha Reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil Marathas will not go towards Mumbai today They will stay in Navi Mumbai only Jarange Patil has asked the Maharashtra government to issue GR regarding the Maratha reservation by tonight If by tonight GR is nothellip pictwittercomDHQicaH2S2mdash ANI ANI January 26 2024Addressing a rally at Shivaji Chowk in Vashi area of neighbouring Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra where he arrived in the morning with thousands of his supporters Manoj Jarange said he will stay put in Navi Mumbai for the day as per the PTII am taking a step backward the 40yearold activist said adding that he had stopped having food from Friday and was taking only waterIf an ordinance to meet his various demands is not promulgated tonight I will come to Mumbai tomorrow he saidI will take decision on going to Azad Maidan in Mumbai tomorrow at noon Once I set out there will be no turning back the activist warned according to the PTIThe free education policy should be amended so that boys also get free education besides girls and all Marathas should get free education from KG to PG kindergarten to postgraduation until the entire community gets reservation he saidHe has sought data of the 37 lakh Kunbi certificates issued by the state government Jarange further said Kunbi an agrarian community falls in the Other Backward Classes OBC category and Jarange has been demanding Kunbi certificates for all MarathasThe government has told me that 54 lakh Kunbi records records showing that a Maratha personfamily belongs to Kunbi community have been found of which 37 lakh certificates have been given Who are these people We need data he said according to the news agencyMore than two crore Marathas will get OBC certificates after Kunbi records are found Jarange said adding that all Marathas should apply for the Kunbi certificate to avail of reservation Once a person is established as belonging to the Kunbi caste all hisher relatives should get reservation he demandedPresent government job recruitment should be carried out by keeping some seats reserved for the Marathas he saidHe has also demanded withdrawal of cases registered against Maratha activists during the quota protests he said the news agency reportedManoj Jarange has asserted that he wont abandon his agitation midway till the community is granted reservation in government jobs and education while Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar said the activists demands have been accepted as per the PTIwith ANI and PTI inputs