The Maratha community is back on roads for their pending reservation issue. Today, several Maratha organisations have called for a bandh in state after a man demanding reservation committed suicide in Aurangabad district. All roads and highways in Aurangabad district and other parts of the Marathwada region have been blockaded by Morcha activists.
Recently, angry locals prevent Aurangabad MP Chandrakant Khaire from attending last rites of Kakasaheb Shinde, who jumped off a bridge over Godavari river, on Tuesday during agitation. Khaire taken out of the cremation ground under police cordon. Locals warn leaders against taking political mileage of Shinde’s death. In this section we see the pictures from the parts of Maharashtra where the Maratha community is protesting for their rights:
Maharashtra: Maratha Kranti Morcha workers tonsured their heads in Aurangabad’s Gangapur during their protest demanding reservation for Maratha community in govt jobs & education. pic.twitter.com/OT8KnMWCXP
— ANI (@ANI) July 24, 2018
Maharashtra: Maratha Kranti Morcha workers set a truck ablaze in Aurangabad’s Gangapur during their protest, demanding reservation for Maratha community in govt jobs & education. pic.twitter.com/NiU8RmcAjD
— ANI (@ANI) July 24, 2018
#WATCH: Maratha Kranti Morcha workers set ablaze a truck in Aurangabad’s Gangapur as a mark of their protest demanding reservation for Maratha community in government jobs & education. #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/OIdBJlSLpo
— ANI (@ANI) July 24, 2018
Aurangabad: Locals attacked the vehicle of Shiv Sena MP Chandrakant Khaire when he went to attend funeral of the youth who drowned in Godavari river in the district y’day during ‘jal samadhi agitation held’ for reservation for Maratha community in govt jobs&education.#Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/73uQo6lgc1
— ANI (@ANI) July 24, 2018
Aurangabad: Maratha Kranti Morcha workers continue their protest over death of a person who died after jumping off a bridge into Godavari river yesterday during ‘jal samadhi agitation’ in the district for reservation for Maratha community in govt jobs & education. #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/NmoHE0eQik
— ANI (@ANI) July 24, 2018
Maharashtra: Kakasaheb Shinde, a resident of Kaygaon village in Aurangabad district, jumped off a bridge into Godavari river earlier today during a ‘jal samadhi agitation’ for reservation for Maratha community in govt jobs & education. Police say he died due to drowning. pic.twitter.com/NXvQesV3eW
— ANI (@ANI) July 23, 2018
Maharashtra: Maratha Kranti Morcha blocked Mumbai-Pune highway earlier today over death of a person who died after jumping off a bridge into Godavari river during ‘jal samadhi agitation’ in Aurangabad for reservation for Maratha community in govt jobs & education. pic.twitter.com/jl0i7VLYsS
— ANI (@ANI) July 23, 2018