Around 10 lakh vehicles will head for Mumbai on January 20, says Jarange

Around ten lakh vehicles carrying the materials needed for the agitators will head for Mumbai on January 20 Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange said on Tuesday reported the PTIManoj Jarange has announced that he would launch another hunger strike his third to press the demand of reservation for the Maratha community in Mumbai from January 20Some ten lakh vehicles will head for Mumbai carrying things that we will need People from nearby districts will come to Antarwali Sarati his village in Jalna district and we will start walking towards Mumbai he told a news channel while talking about preparations for the new round of the agitation according to the PTIThe Maratha community will go to Mumbai in groups Each group will have 30 to 40 thousand people he added as per the PTIMeanwhile Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange had earlier declared an indefinite hunger strikeAccording to the report Jarange shall be beginning his strike at Mumbais Azad Maidan on January 20Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on the other hand had urged prudence citing the Supreme Courts acceptance of the state governments curative plea on the Maratha reservation issue A hearing has been scheduled for January 24 with Shinde proposing a window of hope for the community in a video messageJarange announced his hunger strike plans to a large crowd in Marathwadas Beed district emphasising the Maratha communitys resolve he said I will start an indefinite hunger strike at the Azad Maidan in Mumbai from January 20 It is difficult to suppress the Marathas We will not return without getting a reservation for the communityHe expects a large turnout from the Maratha community in Mumbai on January 20 and says he will walk from his Antarwali Sarati hamlet in Jalna district with community members accompanying him the PTI report statedAccording to the report CM Shinde in a video message said that the governments legal team comprised of experienced lawyers will submit the states case before the Supreme Court emphasising the Maratha communitys social and economic backwardness He emphasised the State Backward Class Commissions substantial datagathering efforts on the predicament of the Maratha communityShinde advised people to remain calm while reaffirming the governments commitment to providing reservations to the Maratha community He underlined that while the Marathas reservation is pursued other groups quota privileges will be preserved Shinde praised the previous governments efforts to provide Maratha reservation which were affirmed by the Bombay High Court but later overturned by the Supreme Court due to insufficient validation by the present Maha Vikas Aghadi government led by Uddhav Thackeray the report addedwith PTI inputs