Overview

• The cabinet sub-committee met Jarange at Azad Maidan and accepted key proposals, with the government issuing a resolution to operationalise the Hyderabad Gazette and set up scrutiny committees to verify eligibility for Kunbi certificates, and a decision on the Satara Gazette promised within a month.
• The state committed to withdraw protest-related cases by the end of September and to provide compensation and government jobs to the kin of deceased agitators, with officials noting Rs 15 crore has been disbursed and remaining aid due within a week.
• The Bombay High Court criticised the citywide disruption, ordered streets cleared, later allowed the sit-in at Azad Maidan to continue until September 3, and Mumbai Police served notices to vacate after permissions were breached.
• Following the assurances, Jarange declared victory, ended his five-day fast, and called off the Azad Maidan protest, urging supporters to disperse peacefully.
• Two demands remain pending—an overarching GR equating Marathas and Kunbis and extending benefits to “sage-soyare”—which the government says require legal review and scrutiny of about eight lakh objections over roughly two months.