A 45-year-old Maratha quota activist allegedly committed suicide in Bandra area of Mumbai in the early hours of Thursday leaving behind a note in which he urged community members to fight for the cause, a police official said.
While the Marathas in the past have demanded reservation for the community, Manoj Jarange is demanding Kumbi caste certificates for Marathas to be included into the OBC
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has been able to persuade Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil to halt his agitation for now. But the vexed, decades-old Maratha quota issue presents no easy solutions
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