Maratha Reservation Row: Lakhs Of Marchers Inch Closer To Mumbai, No Solution In Sight

 The government's announcement of a Bharat Ratna for Karpoori Thakur clearly highlights the limits of a one-size-fits-all approach to electoral politics. It is no coincidence that this announcement came a day after the inauguration of the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya. This also shows the political pragmatism of Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party. This indicates that the BJP may not be so confident of repeating its performance in the Indian Parliament in 2019, when it won 17 out of 40 seats in Bihar. The NDA along with Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United (JDU) won 39 seats.

House mumbai news India work entertainment sports Features viral movie brand classic education Maratha reservation queues: Many protesters approach Mumbai, but no solution in sight With the size of rallies increasing by the minute, the ruling coalition seems completely clueless as to how to deal with large crowds. S. Balakrishnan Updated: Thursday, January 25, 2024 01:51  IST file image file image MUMBAI: Apart from asking Manoj Jalange-Patil to call off his long journey to Mumbai and promising  that a resolution promoting Maratha quota would be passed in a special session of the state assembly, the Eknath Shinde government. They seem completely clueless about how to deal with hundreds of people. Demonstrators decide to invade the state capital. The number of his followers has increased to 1 million and every hour more Marathas are joining his procession. Jalange Patil and his supporters enter Mumbai on Republic Day Jalange Patil and his supporters will arrive in Navi Mumbai today and stay overnight. It will then enter Mumbai on  Republic Day. In Navi Mumbai, protesters are being housed in APMC market. The Bombay High Court  politely refused to issue an order to stop the march. However, he must inform Jalange Patil that Azad Maidan can accommodate only 5,000 people. He also reminded the government of the Supreme Court's order in the Shaheen Bagh case. The Supreme Court ruled that demonstrators cannot occupy public roads. At the moment, it seems that Jalanje Patil has no intention of stopping the march, especially after the great success it has had so far on the 400-kilometre stretch from Jalna to Lonavala.

Thousands of vehicles are participating in his march. Preparations are underway to feed 10,000 people at Kalapur in Raigad district. Opposition leaders are mobilizing personnel and funds to support the march. MLA Bachu Kadu maintains the line of communication between his Shinde and Jarange-Patil. Fearing that the city's roads would be blocked, traffic police  banned  heavy vehicles from 7 a.m. to noon. No state government  has faced the situation that Shinde  is currently facing. The use of force as an option to halt the march was ruled out as it would certainly cause serious law and order problems. The cabinet is deeply divided, with Maratha ministers like Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil supporting Jalange-Patil's demands and OBC ministers like Chhagan Bhujbal opposing it. The lack of unity in the cabinet makes Shinde's task even more difficult.

One of the suggestions under consideration is that Mr. Shinde should go to Navi Mumbai, give a written guarantee of reservation for the Marathas and persuade Mr. Jalange Patil to call a special session of Parliament to call off the march. That's what it is. Incidentally, all the ministers are preparing to fly  to Ayodhya on February 5 to have darshan of Ram Lalla.