Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange.
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Mumbai: In an indication that he may field candidates in the ensuing Maharashtra Legislative Assembly polls, Manoj Jarange-Patil urged the government to ensure the demands of the Maratha community are fulfilled before the code of conduct.
“Once the code of conduct (announced by the Election Commission) comes into force…I will announce my stand,” Jarange-Patil said addressing a mammoth rally at Narayangad in Beed.
Jarange, the founder of Shivba Sanghatana, asked the government to fulfill their demand.
In the last 14 months, Jarange-Patil had undertaken seven hunger strikes.
The three main demands of Jarange-Patil is to give reservation to the Marathas as Kunbis under the Other Backward Classes category, implementation of draft notification of ‘sage-soyare’, a Marathi term for ‘relatives from the family tree', which widens the scope of the quota and withdrawal of cases against the agitators.