Maratha quota: Manoj Jarange refuses to end fast, calls meeting on Wednesday

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Tuesday called for meeting on Wednesday February 21 and has reportedly refused to end his fast the ANI reportedManoj Jarange led the movement to provide castebased reservations to Marathas and is on a hunger strike welcomed the reservation bill introduced and passed in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Tuesday but contended that the reservation which has been proposed was not as per the communitys demand as per the ANIWe need reservation which we deserve give us reservation under OBC to those whos proof of being kunbi has been found and those who dont have proof of kunbi for them pass a law of Sage Soyare Manoj Jarange said minutes after the Bill was passed unanimously by the Legislative Assembly the ANI reportedHe has called for a meeting of the Maratha community at 12 noon on WednesdayManoj Jarange is demanding ones blood relations should also be allowed to have Kunbi registration Kunbi is a caste in Maharashtra under the OBC bloc Jarange demanded that all people of the Maratha community be considered as Kunbi and be given reservations accordingly under OBC Quota but the government decided that only people having Nizam era documents of Kunbi certificates will get benefits under thisI appeal to all maximum people to reach Antarvali sarati for the meet I am firm on my demand to implement Sage SoyareI welcome the reservation but the reservation which given are not as per our demand Manoj Jarange said according to the PTIThe reservation given by government will benifit only 100 150 people of Maratha our people will remain deprived from reservationtherefore I am demanding to implement Sage Soyare the next round of agitation will be announced tomorrowWe will take it what we deserve he addedMeanwhile Manoj Jarange removed the intravenous drip from his hand and denied to take further treatment from the doctorsThe Maharashtra Legislative Assembly lower house unanimously passed the Maratha Reservation Bill tabled on Tuesday which intended to extend 10 per cent reservation to Marathas above the 50 per cent capThe CM will now table the bill in the Legislative council for assent after which it becomes a lawLeader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar said the opposition parties were also of the same view that the Maratha community be given the reservationThe state government has convened a oneday special session of the state legislature for tabling and further consideration of this special BillThe bill for the 10 per cent Maratha quota that the Mahayuti government of Eknath Shinde has approved on Tuesday is similar to the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act 2018 introduced by the then Devendra Fadnavis governmentThis is the third time in a decade that the state has introduced legislation for the Maratha quotaI am the CM of the state and I work with the blessings of all We dont think on the basis of caste or religion If such a situation comes with any other community my stand as CM will be similar to what is my stand for the Maratha community Our PM always says Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said according to the ANIWe all are of similar views here on the Maratha reservation so I will not make may political statement here With the cooperation of you all we could do it I kept my promise which I made to the Maratha community I thank all my colleagues including my both DCMs and other ministers Today is a day of fulfilment of our promises CM Shinde added after tabling the billOur aim was to work on a war footing day and night to bring this issue to a proper conclusion The Maharashtra government is fully committed to giving reservation to the Marathas and today we are doing this Devendra ji and Ajit Pawar ji always used to tell me that by whatever means we have to give reservation to the Maratha community Devendra ji had once given reservation to the Maratha community while being the Chief Minister and that reservation was also upheld in the High Court But unfortunately for some reason it was struck down by the honorable Supreme Court the CM further statedTherefore this time we have reconstituted the Backward Classes Commission and conducted a survey as per the order of the Supreme Court and after collecting the necessary data we are now planning to give them reservation We have tried to fulfil the rules and regulations in every way and now we are ready to give this reservation he addedThe reservation has been extended based on a report submitted to the state government by the Maharashtra Backward Class Commission MBCC headed by chairman Justice Retired Sunil ShukreThe state already has a 10 per cent quota for the Economically Weaker Section EWS in which the Marathas are the biggest beneficiaries claiming about 85 per cent of thoseThe Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission on Friday submitted a report on the social and educational backwardness of the Maratha community for which it had undertaken a survey of around 25 crore homes within only nine dayswith ANI inputs