Govt trying to fool Marathas, but we won't fall into any trap: Manoj Jarange

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Thursday accused the Maharashtra government of trying to fool the Marathas but asserted that his community would not fall into any trap reported the PTIManoj Jarange also said that he and the members of the Maratha community would embark on their protest march to Mumbai on January 20 as decided earlier since no way out has been found by the government so far on the reservation issueHe reiterated that the government should issue Kunbi caste certificates to 54 lakh Marathas immediatelyThe government comes to us just 23 days before every agitation They are trying to trap and fool the Maratha community But the Marathas will not fall into any trap and we will go to Mumbai on January 20 as decided earlier since no way out has been found as of now he told reporters as per the PTIWe will go to Mumbai with the Maratha community members to press for our quota demand he saidThe government and some ministers of trying to hatch a conspiracy against the Maratha agitation Manoj Jarange allegedEvery time just a couple of days before the agitation is to start the government reaches out to us offering some solution But what do they do during the period given to them Same talks have been going on for the last seven months This time the government and some ministers are trying to hatch a conspiracy against the agitation But Marathas wont let it happen he said according to the PTIThe news agency reported Manoj Jarange demanded that the government give Kunbi caste certificates to Marathas based on the evidence in the next two days which should also be given to the relatives of these beneficiariesIf they do it in the next two days we will go to Mumbai to congratulate the government he addedHe warned the government saying it should avoid what it did in Antarwali Sarati his native village in Jalna districtViolence had broken out at Antarwali Sarati on September 1 last year after protesters allegedly refused to let authorities shift Jarange who was on a hunger strike for the Maratha quota demand to a hospital The police batoncharged and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse a violent mob Several persons including 40 police personnel were injured and more than 15 state transport buses set ablaze in the violenceManoj Jarange said If reservation is not given the agitation will be made nationwide People from Madhya Pradesh and other states are saying they want to take part in the agitation on 20 January as per the news agencyThe government claims that the documentary proof of Marathas being Kunbis was not found on a large scale he saidSo what are the officials and the government doingWhy do we need such officials he askedMeanwhile a special drive to hand over the Kunbi caste certificates has been undertaken in 15 villages of Latur district in Maharashtra where the evidence was found an official saidThe drive is being implemented in the villages where the evidence is found We have made available the list of documents they have to submit to obtain the certificates an official of Latur district administration told reporterswith PTI inputs