Urges Marathas to defeat anti-quota leaders in 2029 polls. Mumbai: ​Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil accused Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde of accepting Rs 500 crore from the BJP to silence his reservation campaign during a public address at the rally in Narayangad on Tuesday. ​Addressing the massive gathering, Jarange Patil claimed the funds were taken in his name as part of a deep-rooted conspiracy to derail the ongoing Maratha reservation movemen

Jarange’s latest agitation is testing both Fadnavis and Shinde and the Mahayuti’s ability to contain the Maratha movement. Manoj Jarange Patil’s latest agitation has moved beyond the question of reservation. It has become a test of political authority, the internal balance of the Mahayuti and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s ability to contain a movement that has already demonstrated its capacity to shape Maharashtra’s electoral politics. For three years, one feature of the

From the Cockroach Janata Party to the JP Movement, the history of Indian political mobilisation suggests that public attention alone is rarely enough to secure lasting power. India’s digital revolution has transformed the pace of political mobilisation. Today, social media can create movements overnight, elevate obscure figures into national conversations and generate millions of followers within weeks. Yet the ability to convert online attention into real-world political po