Thane: Maratha Kranti Morcha calls for bandh in Kalyan town over Jalna violence

The Maratha Kranti Morcha has called for a bandh on Monday in Kalyan town of Maharashtras Thane district to condemn the batoncharging of protesters in Jalna during their demand for Maratha quota reported news agency PTIIn the wake of the bandh call security in the town has been stepped up an official incharge at the Kalyan police control room told PTIEssential services were exempted from the bandh the morcha members told PTIPolice baton charged and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse a violent mob in Antarwali Sarathi village in Jalna district on Friday after protesters allegedly refused to let authorities shift to hospital a man on hunger strike for Maratha quotaSeveral persons including 40 police personnel were injured and more than 15 ST buses were set ablaze in the violenceOn Monday morning a number of activists of the Maratha Kranti Morcha moved around in Kalyan town appealing to shopkeepers and other public service providers including autorickshaw drivers to support the bandhSo far there was not much affect of the bandh the official at the police control room told PTIHowever the Maratha Kranti Morchas local leader Harshwardhan Palande claimed most of the shops in eastern part of Kalyan were closedHe said the autorickshaws were operating so that officegoers do not face any inconvenience reported PTIOn Sunday the Maratha Kranti Morcha activists protested against the Jalna incident by crushing pumpkins with their legs at the Shivaji Chowk in KalyanMaharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday announced that Jalna district superintendent of police Tushar Doshi is sent on compulsory leave and two DYSPrank officers transferred out of Jalna districtShinde said ADGP law and order Sanjay Saxena would probe the lathicharge incident and if required a judicial probe would be conductedIn the wake of violence in Maharashtras Jalna district over the Maratha quota demand Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said his government was committed to providing reservation to this community in education and government jobsTalking to reporters after attending a state function in Buldhana district around 450 km from Mumbai he also said that there was no misunderstanding between him and two deputy chief ministers in the state and that all of them were working as a good teamMy government is committed to giving reservation to the Maratha community in the state We will not sit quiet until the community get its due reservation Shinde saidTill the Maratha community gets reservation the government schemes that are already in place will continue and deserving people from the Maratha community will benefit from it he addedReservation in jobs and education provided by the state government to the Maratha community was quashed by the Supreme Court in May 2021 citing the 50 per cent ceiling on total reservations among other groundsAn agitation seeking reservation for the Marathas turned violent at Antarwali Sarathi village in Jalna on Friday leading to several people including dozens of police personnel getting injured Police resorted to lathicharge and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse a violent mob that allegedly refused to let authorities shift a man on a hunger strike as part of the quota stir to the hospitalWith inputs from PTI