Mumbai: On Tuesday, the police issued a discover to quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil and his workforce to vacate Mumbai’s Azad Maidan the place he has been sitting on an indefinite starvation strike over the demand for reservation to the Marathas

Citing violation of circumstances laid down as per the Bombay Excessive Court docket’s tips, the Mumbai police issued a discover to Jarange that he was being denied the permission to protest at Azad Maidan.

As his starvation strike entered the fifth day, Jarange Patil stated that his protest is in keeping with the trail proven by democracy and resolved to face agency on his proper to protest.

“Even when I die, I can’t depart Azad Maidan. … If you wish to see what Marathas are after 350 years, then go forward and attempt to take away us from right here,” he stated, interesting to his supporters to remain calm and disciplined.

“We’re protesting throughout the boundaries of legislation. After the Bombay Excessive Court docket’s directives, we eliminated our automobiles from the street and cleared the site visitors. However earlier than getting the reservation, I can’t depart Mumbai. If the federal government makes use of pressure and throws us out of Azad maidan, will probably be a loss for them. I hope right now, the courtroom will give a verdict in our favour.”

A day earlier than, the HC noticed that the state of affairs had “gone out of hand” in South Mumbai and directed the Maharashtra authorities to clear the protesters from the streets apart from the designated protest space (Azad Maidan) by Tuesday. Whereas the HC has set a deadline of 4 pm to clear the protesters, it’s set to listen to the matter Tuesday at 3 pm.

“(Maharashtra Chief Minister) Devendra Fadnavis is mendacity and enjoying video games. We’re actually prepared to speak to the federal government. He shouldn’t insult the Marathas,” Jarange stated.

In its discover, the police stated that round 40,000 protesters got here to Mumbai together with 11,000 small and massive automobiles. Out of those, 5,000 automobiles have been parked “illegally” within the South Mumbai space. ThePrint has seen the contents of the discover

“These automobiles are parked illegally and violate circumstances as a result of which it has created site visitors snarls. This has created obstacles for widespread folks visiting hospitals, authorities and personal workplaces,” the discover stated.

The police additional famous that the permission was just for Friday however the protesters violated it by protesting even on Saturday and Sunday. It additional cited the indiscipline of protesters as talked about within the HC listening to.

Whereas the quota agitation and its fallout have been argued within the HC, a number of hundred metres away at Azad Maidan, the 43-year-old quota activist remained unrelenting as he warned greater than 5 crore Marathas will descend on the metropolis if CM Fadnavis doesn’t hearken to the quota calls for of the numerically sturdy neighborhood.

Jarange has been on an indefinite starvation strike at Azad Maidan since 29 August, searching for a ten p.c quota for the Marathas beneath the Different Backwards Class (OBC) class.

(Edited by Tony Rai)

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