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Mumbai Police Extend Nod for Jarange-Patil’s Azad Maidan Protest Through Sunday

Negotiations faltered because the demand for blanket Kunbi recognition collides with the government's constitutional constraints.

The Maharashtra government had deputed Justice Shinde to hold talks with Jarange-Patil on the Maratha quota issue.
Mumbai, India - Aug. 30, 2025: A high level government delegation headed by Justice Sandeep Shinde (retired) interacting with Manoj Jarange patil during maratha reservation protest at Azad Maidan, in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, August 30, 2025. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)
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Overview

  • Mumbai Police extended permission for the Azad Maidan agitation by one day, allowing the protest to continue through Sunday.
  • Manoj Jarange-Patil remained on an indefinite hunger strike, entering a third day as no agreement emerged from talks.
  • The activist demanded that Marathwada Marathas be declared Kunbi based on Hyderabad and Satara gazettes to secure OBC-category reservation.
  • Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Marathas cannot get reservation from the OBC quota and any solution must comply with the Constitution, while negotiator Justice Sandeep Shinde noted caste certificates are issued to individuals and he cannot issue a government resolution.
  • Jarange-Patil also called for withdrawal of cases against protesters and government jobs and financial assistance for families of those who died during earlier agitations.