By Admin 
The fast of the agitating leader Manoj Jarang, who is demanding Maratha reservation at Azad Maidan in Mumbai, continued on Sunday (August 31) on the third day. Manoj Jarange said that he will not leave Mumbai until his demand for the Maratha community is met. His fast continued for the third day on Sunday. Jarang claimed that their demand is constitutionally valid and the government has records that Kunbi and Maratha belong to the same caste.
According to Mumbai Police, traffic was affected due to the presence of a large number of agitators at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and nearby intersections. Mumbai Traffic Police posted on ‘X’ and said that during the agitation, drivers are advised to adopt an alternative route.
From tomorrow I will also stop drinking water- Manoj Jarna
The agitating leader Manoj Jarange said that the people of the Maratha community have come to Mumbai to participate in their heart and do not consider them crowded. Reservation workers are on indefinite fast at Azad Maidan in South Mumbai since Friday. Also said that we are demanding 10 percent reservation, which falls in the OBC category. All the Marathas should be recognized as an agrarian caste kunbi, so that they can get reservation in government jobs and education.
He said that “I will also stop drinking water from tomorrow. Because the government is not accepting our demands, but till reservation will not be received. I will not go back. The Marathas will be reservation in OBC.”
The agitators should not understand the crowd
Jarang requested his supporters to keep their vehicles at scheduled parking sites and come to Azad Maidan from the train. He told the Maharashtra government that the agitators should not be considered crowd. On Saturday, there was a conversation between Jarange and the government -appointed delegation, but it remained inconclusive.
He criticized Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and said that retired judge Sandeep Shinde was sent for talks, while he is the chairman of the committee in the Maratha reservation process.
Constitutional amendment required to solve these issues- Sharad Pawar
Chief Minister Fadnavis said that the government is working to fulfill the demands of Jarge in legal and constitutional structure. At the same time, Sharad Pawar, president of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction), said that constitutional amendment is necessary to resolve these issues because there is a limit of total reservation. Jarang told that he has fasted seven times and this movement is the ‘final battle’ of his community.