With six parties in the fray, the BJP-led ruling alliance faces a tightrope walk in the region where the Maratha community is firm on its reservation demand.
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Until now, Manoj Jarange Patil's activism was largely confined to Jalna. But a hunger strike and a lathicharge changed that, catapulting him to the headlines