Protestors blocked Solapur-Pune highway, vigorous agitation was carried out in Nagpur, Aurangabad.
महाराष्ट में मराठा आरक्षण का मुद्दा फिर भड़का, लिया उग्र रूप, पुलिस ने किया लाठीचार्ज
The pro-reservation agitation started by some Maratha groups turned violent on Friday, spreading to more districts with agitation in Solapur, Aurangabad, Nagpur and other cities of Maharashtra.
Protesters blocked the Solapur-Pune highway, vigorous agitation was held in Nagpur, Aurangabad and bandh was called in Beed and Jalna today.
Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and Nationalist Congress Party have criticized the ruling Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party-Nationalist Congress Party (AP) alliance for the violence and unprovoked police action.
NCP president Sharad Pawar left Mumbai for Jalna to take stock of the situation, while Congress opposition leader Vinay Wadettiwar and Chhatrapati Sambhajiraje visited Jalna, and Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut criticized the violence and police lathicharge. Blamed the government.
On the evening of September 1, thousands of protesters demanding reservation in jobs and education for Marathas gathered at Antarwali-Sarathi village in Ambad region, where the convenor of the Maratha Morcha, Manoj Jarange, and others began a hunger strike from Tuesday (August 29). Were sitting on.
As Jarange’s condition began to deteriorate, a police force attempted to break up the movement and force him to end his hunger strike, which apparently angered his supporters.
In the melee, the police allegedly tried to disperse the crowd by giving stern warnings, which went unheeded and people allegedly resorted to stone pelting.
The police retaliated by baton-charging the protesters, firing tear gas shells and even dispersed the protesters, injuring at least two dozen people, including some policemen.
Angry protesters fled the scene and later set ablaze at least two buses on the outskirts of the village, with further arson reported from Aurangabad, and more protests in other districts today.
Congress state president Nana Patole has demanded that CM Eknath Shinde should resign if the government cannot ensure quota for Marathas.
Aam Aadmi Party and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray also criticized the government for the violence that broke out last evening.
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