"No law and order in Maharashtra": Sanjay Raut attacks Shinde govt over Maratha quota row
Nov 01, 2023
New Delhi [India], November 1 : Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut launched a scathing attack on the ruling Shiv Sena and said that the law and order in Maharashtra is deteriorating amid the ongoing Maratha reservation row.
"Look at the situation in Maharashtra, you are seeing that people of Maratha community have taken to the streets, the MLA and the minister are being stopped. Villages are being entered and their houses are being burnt. Law and order have completely broken down", he said while addressing a Press Conference.
Raut said that there should be no politics on the issue of Maratha reservation.
"There should be no politics on this issue, what kind of politics is there when it comes to law and order of the state? We should come together and discuss this question and solve the problem", he added.
Raut said that his party which has '6 MPs and 16 MLAs' was not invited to the meeting.
Targeting the Shinde Government, Raut said "This is your personal hatred and anger, this type of politics does not work"
Meanwhile, the quota activist Manoj Jarange has been sitting on an indefinite fast for over a week. On Tuesday the Maratha reservation activist had decided to start drinking water after CM Eknath Shinde assured him of a solution.
Jarange-Patil however continues his agitation refusing to eat solid food. Patil says he will continue to drink water for two more days but would resume his complete hunger strike if the state government fails to place Marathas under the OBC category by giving them Kunbi caste certificates.
The activist also demanded that the government convene a special session to discuss the Maratha reservation demand.
The workers' union at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj market yard in Pune has called for the shutdown of the market for one day to show support to Maratha reservation demand by Manoj Jarange Patil.
Earlier on Tuesday, the state government accepted the first report presented by the Justice Shinde committee and issued a Government Resolution (GR), to decide the procedure for granting Kunbi caste certificates to the Maratha in the Marathwada region.
Meanwhile the all party meeting convened to resolve the issue is currently underway.
