'We'll Leave Mumbai By 9 PM If...': Manoj Jarange's Condition To End Maratha Quota Stir

Last Updated:September 02, 2025, 17:58 IST

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange and his supporters claimed victory after his meeting with the cabinet sub-committee, which accepted most of his demands

A doctor checks blood pressure of activist Manoj Jarange Patil during his hunger strike demanding Maratha reservation at Azad Maidan, in Mumbai on September 2. (Image: PTI)

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil and his supporters claimed victory after the Maharashtra government accepted most of his demands, including giving out Kunbi caste certificates, on the fifth day of his indefinite hunger strike on Tuesday.

Jarange said he and his team will leave Mumbai by 9 pm if the government resolutions on the Maratha quota cabinet sub-committee are issued.

“We have won," Jarange told his supporters. “We will leave Mumbai by 9 pm today if the Maharashtra government issues GRs (government resolutions) on the Maratha quota demands." 

He made the announcement after he met the cabinet sub-committee headed by minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil in the afternoon with other members – Shivendrasinh Bhosale, Uday Samant, Manikrao Kokate – at Azad Maidan. The committee discussed the final draft with him during the meeting.

Earlier in the day, on directions from the Bombay High Court, the Mumbai Police asked Jarange and his team to vacate the protest site at the earliest.

Jarange said the sub-committee accepted his demands to implement the Hyderabad Gazette and said Marathas with Kunbi records will be given caste certificates after conducting a proper inquiry.

He read out the committee’s draft points to his supporters which said it has accepted implementation of the Hyderabad Gazette and a GR will be issued immediately. The implementation of the Satara Gazette will be done in a month’s time, he said. As per the assurance given by the committee, cases against Maratha protesters filed earlier will be withdrawn by the end of September, he added.

The activist said it was also decided that financial aid and government jobs will be given within a week as per the educational qualifications to the kin of those who lost their lives during the protests so far. The committee told him that Rs 15 crore assistance has been given (to the kin of the deceased protesters) so far and the rest will be given in a week’s time, he said.

WHAT DID THE MAHARASHTRA GOVT SAY?

Vikhe Patil said 8 lakh objections have been received to the sage soyare (blood relatives) notification, and the state government needs time to scrutinise them.

He said the government is also exploring legal options to issue a GR stating that Kunbis and Marathas are the same community, and it will take two months for the process.

After Jarange’s announcement of victory, celebrations erupted among the Maratha quota protesters in and around Azad Maidan. He began his hunger strike from August 29 to press for the demand of a 10 percent quota for the Maratha community in government jobs and education under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) grouping.

(With PTI inputs)

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