Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Galaxy Hospital in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar after his health worsened during a five-day hunger strike in Mumbai. Patil had been fasting to demand quota benefits for the Maratha community. Late Tuesday night, he was rushed to the hospital after showing...
Manoj Jarange Patil, a 43-year-old activist from a small village in Jalna with education only up to the seventh standard, has emerged as a powerful political figure in Maharashtra. Without any formal organizational backing, he successfully mobilized nearly 60,000 people, forcing the Mahayuti government led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis—and even Mumbai, the country’s financial...
Mumbai: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Tuesday ended his hunger strike at Azad Maidan in Mumbai after a meeting with a Maharashtra government delegation that agreed to most of his key demands. The delegation, led by Cabinet sub-committee head Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, personally offered fruit juice to Jarange, marking the conclusion of his...
Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Tuesday escalated his agitation at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan, declaring that he and his supporters would not vacate the protest site until their demands were fulfilled, even if it cost him his life. Speaking on the fifth day of his indefinite hunger strike, Jarange issued a direct warning to...
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday ordered Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange and his supporters to vacate Azad Maidan in Mumbai by 3 PM, warning of strict consequences, including contempt action, if the directive was ignored. A bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Aarti Sathe strongly criticized both the protestors and the...
The Maratha reservation agitation led by activist Manoj Jarange-Patil entered its fourth day on Monday, raising serious concerns over his declining health. Jarange, who is on an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan in South Mumbai, has now vowed to stop consuming water, intensifying the protest and alarming doctors and supporters alike. Reports indicate that...
Mumbai: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Friday commenced an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan in Mumbai, asserting that he will not leave until the government meets the community’s demands for reservation. The 43-year-old leader arrived in the city with a massive contingent of supporters, many clad in saffron scarves, caps, and carrying flags....