A member of a Maratha outfit staged a protest on Monday at a government guest house in Pune where Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal was lodging. The protester, identified as Dhananjay Jadhav, boldly approached Bhujbal's parked car at the Circuit House in the Bund Garden area, raising slogans demanding the minister's support for the Maratha community's reservation agitation.

Jadhav, a member of the Swarajya Sanghatana, warned that if Bhujbal continued to oppose the Marathas' demand for quota, they would make his movements in the state challenging. Despite the tense situation, Jadhav clarified that he had no intention of causing damage to the minister's car.