Updated on: Sept 02, 2025 07:26 pm IST
‘Conveyed legal issues to Jarange… found solution’: CM Fadnavis on Maratha quota as stir ends
After the Maratha quota agitation ended on Tuesday with the Maharashtra government accepting the key demand of including them in OBCs, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said misconceptions among other OBCs about this are “misplaced”.
He added, “We conveyed the legal issues involved in activist Manoj Jarange-Patil’s demands to him… A solution was found in the interest of the Maratha community.”
Going by Jarange’s demand, the state government passed a resolution to classify all Marathas as Kunbis, their sub-caste that’s already listed among Other Backward Classes (OBC).
Only after that, did Jarange take a sip of juice from a minister and ended his fast at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan on its fifth day. His supporters have since started dispersing.
Fadnavis also, said, “Will continue to work for all communities in Maharashtra, be it Marathas or (other) OBCs.”
