Updated On: 28 August, 2025 08:15 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The body, led by its president Subhash Talekar, will be joining the protest to back Jarange. Meanwhile, Senior Congress leader Harshwardhan Sapkal on Thursday demanded that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led governments in Maharashtra and at the Centre immediately announce reservation for the Maratha community

Mumbai`s dabbawalas will join the protest on Friday at Azad Maidan.
Activist Manoj Jarange has received the support of the Mumbai Dabbawala Association ahead of his agitation for Maratha reservation at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan on Friday.
The body, led by its president Subhash Talekar, will be joining the protest to back Jarange.
Under the leadership of Khed Panchayat Samiti Deputy Chairperson Sakharam Shinde and Shiv Sena Branch Head from Gadad, Shantaram Vishnu Shinde, along with the Maratha community members from the western Maharashtra’s Khed, have departed for Mumbai.