BJP MP calls for protest over Maratha quota issue
The Hindu
Sambhaji Raje to hold rally in Kolhapur on June 16
Signalling an intensification in the Maratha quota agitation, BJP MP Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati, a descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji, announced that the first Maratha morcha (rally) would commence from Kolhapur district on June 16. The Rajya Sabha member, who had recently been on a State-wide tour to canvass support for the Maratha reservation issue after the Supreme Court last month scrapped the quota law, said if the community’s demands were not met through the agitation, he would lead also a ‘long march’ from Mumbai to Pune. “We have shown restraint for too long. While we have no wish to hold the public hostage, reservation is the Maratha community’s right. I appeal to leaders of all political parties to join in the agitation. If our demands not met through agitations, then I will lead a long march from Mumbai to Pune,” he said at the Raigad Fort on occasion of the 348th coronation ceremony of Shivaji.More Related News