Overview

• Manoj Jarange plans an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan on August 29, but police permission is restricted to a one-day window from 9 am to 6 pm with no morchas, no loudspeakers, and only five vehicles allowed inside.
• More than 1,500 Mumbai Police personnel are posted at the venue, backed by CRPF, RAF, CISF and Maharashtra Security Force units, with extra RPF and GRP deployment at CSMT.
• Authorities anticipate crowds far exceeding the 5,000-person cap and have refused other protest permissions at the ground while maintaining festival-season security and arrangements for a same-day visit by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
• Navi Mumbai Police issued route curbs and reserved corridors for the convoy, including closures on parts of the Mumbai–Pune Expressway and JNPT links, with alternate routes designated for regular traffic.
• Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis cites a legally valid 10% Maratha quota and offers talks, OBC leaders announce a chain hunger strike in Nagpur against Kunbi certificates for Marathas, and groups such as the Mumbai Dabbawala Association pledge support to Jarange.