Manoj Jarange-Patil

Cracks in Maratha agitation come to fore

Mumbai: ​The sudden suspension of Manoj Jarange Patil’s gruelling 20-day hunger strike has left Maharashtra’s political circles buzzing with intrigue and speculation. While Jarange claims he is merely taking two steps back to make a bigger move and giving the...
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Fasting Fury

Manoj Jarange-Patil’s retreat from Mumbai after weeks of hunger-strike brinkmanship offers a moment for citizens to question the politics of coercion and perpetual agitation. The activist has given the Maharashtra government three months to consider his demands, thus giving the...
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Jarange embarks on third ‘date with Mumbai’

Mumbai: Emotionally vowing that he would not ‘surrender’, Shivba Sanghatana chief Manoj Jarange-Patil –battered by 17 days of hunger strike and sniffing a plot to ‘kill’ him – embarked from Antarwali-Sarati in Jalna district to Mumbai, where he will continue...
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State braces for the final war on Maratha quota

Mumbai: After a high-profile indefinite hunger strike, Shivba Sanghatana chief Manoj Jarange-Patil sounded the bugle for the ultimate ‘decisive’ war against the Maharashtra government for Maratha quotas with a mammoth marathon march to Mumbai next week. Jarange-Patil, who launched the...
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