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Jarange-Patil’s Maratha Quota Fast Set for Today at Azad Maidan Under Strict Police Limits

Police capped the demonstration at 5,000 people for a single day with heavy deployment at the venue.

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Maratha Kranti Morcha activists from across Maharashtra gather at Azad Maidan for a massive rally demanding reservation for the Maratha community, in Mumbai, India, on Thursday.
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Overview

  • Permission allows a one-day sit-in from 9 am to 6 pm with no morchas, no loudspeakers and only five vehicles permitted inside Azad Maidan.
  • Over 1,500 Mumbai Police personnel are on duty with CRPF, RAF, CISF and Maharashtra Security Force support, and extra RPF and GRP deployed at CSMT.
  • Authorities anticipate far more than the 5,000-person cap, and units initially stationed for Ganeshotsav have been redirected as Union Home Minister Amit Shah visits the city.
  • Traffic curbs and diversions are in force across Navi Mumbai and Mumbai, including restrictions on parts of the Mumbai–Pune Expressway and JNPT links, with specified alternate routes.
  • Jarange-Patil vows an indefinite hunger strike for OBC recognition of Marathas as Kunbis as the government reiterates a 10% Maratha quota and offers talks, following a High Court curb on marching and a supporter’s reported heart-attack death en route.