Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil refuses to end strike, calls meeting on Wednesday
«We need reservation which we deserve, give us reservation under OBC to those who's proof of being kunbi has been found and those who don't have proof of kunbi, for them pass a law of „Sage Soyare“,» Patil said minutes after the Bill was passed unanimously by the Legislative Assembly.
He has called for a meeting of the Maratha community at 12 noon on Wednesday.
Jarange Patil is demanding one's blood relations should also be allowed to have Kunbi registration. Kunbi is a caste in Maharashtra under the OBC bloc. Jarange Patil demanded that all people of the Maratha community be considered as Kunbi and be given reservations accordingly (under OBC Quota) but the government decided that only people having Nizam era documents of Kunbi certificates will get benefits under this.
«I appeal to all maximum people to reach Antarvali sarati for the meet ...I am firm on my demand to implement Sage Soyare...I welcome the reservation but the reservation which given are not as per our demand,» Patil said.
«The reservation given by government will benifit only 100 -150 people of Maratha, our people will remain deprived from reservation..Ttherefore I am demanding to implement „Sage Soyare“ the next round of agitation will be announced tomorrow...We will take it what we deserve,» he added.
Meanwhile, Manoj Jarange Patil removed the intravenous drip from his hand and denied to take further treatment fron the doctors.
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (lower house) unanimously passed the Maratha Reservation Bill tabled on
