Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil.
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Mumbai: Into the 15th day of his fast-unto-death, Manoj Jarange-Patil intensified his agitation as rasta-rokos were held at various places in Maharashtra even as his core team would meet on Sunday and discuss crucial issues in taking the protests ahead.
Jarange-Patil now faces a major challenge as some of his one-time associates - Ajay Maharaj Baraskar and Sangeeta Wankhede - had spoken out against the founder of Shivba Sanghatana, who has emerged as a face of the Maratha reservation campaign.
From Saturday onwards, every day rasta rokos would be held, however, it has been timed in such a way that the students appearing for board examinations are not put to inconvenience.
“I have been undertaking fast for a fortnight but the government does not seem to show concern,” he said.
Jarange-Patil is undertaking his fourth hunger strike in six months.
“Some police officials are deliberately filing cases against Maratha agitators for holding rasta roko. If such a thing happens, the agitators should immediately alert me,” Jarange-Patil told his supporters.