<p>Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Saturday commenced his final battle as he left his village for the financial capital of Mumbai to assert his demands for reservations for the Maratha community. </p><p>Over the last six months, Jarange-Patil, founder of Shivba Sanghatana, has emerged as the face of the campaign. </p><p>“I am ready to give up my life for Marathas,” Jarange-Patil said. He added that the community would ensure that they get reservation in education and jobs, which is due for the last seventy years. </p><p>“Even if they shoot, we prefer to die rather than withdraw the agitation. We are at a point where we will not return without reservation,” he said. </p>.Resolve Maratha quota issue wholeheartedly, Jarange urges Fadnavis day before protest march.<p>“This village has given me all help, love and admiration. And suddenly I am going away from the village,” he said. </p><p>Amid slogans of ‘Jai Bhavani, Jai Shivaji’ and waving of saffron flags, Jarange-Patil left Antarwali Sarathi in Jalna and is expected to reach Mumbai on January 26 coinciding with the Republic Day. </p><p>The repeated agitation by Jarange-Patil has rattled the Maharashtra government. </p><p>As his cavalcade proceeded, he was given a rousing welcome and in many places people were seen getting emotional. </p><p>Wherever Jarange-Patil stopped, he urged people to come in large numbers to Mumbai. </p><p>State Excise Minister Shambhuraj Desai claimed that the quota issue is about 70-85 per cent solved and asked Jarange-Patil not to hold Mumbai to ransom.</p><p>It is not yet clearly known where Jarange-Patil would camp - Azad Maidan or MMRDA Grounds in Bandra-Kurla Complex. </p>
<p>Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Saturday commenced his final battle as he left his village for the financial capital of Mumbai to assert his demands for reservations for the Maratha community. </p><p>Over the last six months, Jarange-Patil, founder of Shivba Sanghatana, has emerged as the face of the campaign. </p><p>“I am ready to give up my life for Marathas,” Jarange-Patil said. He added that the community would ensure that they get reservation in education and jobs, which is due for the last seventy years. </p><p>“Even if they shoot, we prefer to die rather than withdraw the agitation. We are at a point where we will not return without reservation,” he said. </p>.Resolve Maratha quota issue wholeheartedly, Jarange urges Fadnavis day before protest march.<p>“This village has given me all help, love and admiration. And suddenly I am going away from the village,” he said. </p><p>Amid slogans of ‘Jai Bhavani, Jai Shivaji’ and waving of saffron flags, Jarange-Patil left Antarwali Sarathi in Jalna and is expected to reach Mumbai on January 26 coinciding with the Republic Day. </p><p>The repeated agitation by Jarange-Patil has rattled the Maharashtra government. </p><p>As his cavalcade proceeded, he was given a rousing welcome and in many places people were seen getting emotional. </p><p>Wherever Jarange-Patil stopped, he urged people to come in large numbers to Mumbai. </p><p>State Excise Minister Shambhuraj Desai claimed that the quota issue is about 70-85 per cent solved and asked Jarange-Patil not to hold Mumbai to ransom.</p><p>It is not yet clearly known where Jarange-Patil would camp - Azad Maidan or MMRDA Grounds in Bandra-Kurla Complex. </p>