Maratha Quota Violence: Supriya Sule Blames State Government, Home Ministry

The Maharashtra government received a major backlash after this move by the police in Jalna. Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis himself had to apologize for the lathi charge.

 NCP Sharad Pawar faction leader Supriya Sule, speaking on the violence during the Maratha reservation protest, said on Friday that the violence caused was a failure of the Maharashtra government and the Home Ministry.

"The Maharashtra government and the home ministry are responsible for the violence. The way things turned out in the state was a failure of the entire Home Ministry and the Home Minister himself," said Supriya Sule.

She further lashed out at the BJP government and said, "The BJP government does 'jumlebaazi' (fake promises) and the prime example of this can be seen in BJP's fake claims of reservation to the Maratha community, the Dhangar community, the Lingayat community, and the Muslim community."