Maratha activists will reach Mumbai today to press for their demand of reservation under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota. At the same time, OBC leaders have threatened to take to the streets in Mumbai if their share of the quota is affected. However, in an attempt to pacify both sides, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has assured that while justice will be given to the Maratha community, the rights of other communities will not be compromised.

On Thursday, Manoj Jarange, along with several thousand supporters, visited the birthplace of Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Shivneri Fort in Junnar, near Pune district. Speaking to the media there, Jarange claimed that except for one, he had accepted all the terms and conditions laid down by the police for holding a protest at Azad Maidan in Mumbai.

“The condition of restricting the protest to a single day, with a time limit until evening, is what I do not agree with,” Jarange said. He urged the government to use the time still available to consider the Maratha community’s demand for reservation.