(Photo credit: Activist Manoj Jarange Patil during his unlimited hunger strike demanding the reservation of Maratha, in Azad Maidan, in Mumbai, Friday August 29, 2025. (Photo PTI)))
The unlimited hunger strike by activated Manoj Jarange Patil entered his fourth day on Monday, September 1, when he continues to require a Maratha quota reservation in the OBC category. The agitation affected normal life in Mumbai, because supporters have created heckling in the city by blocking traffic and allegedly engaging in activities hostile to the public. (PTI photo)
A large number of Jarange supporters gathered in Mumbai and smothered already difficult traffic. The area around the terminus chhatrapati shivaji maharaj (CSMT) led to chaos in the city. (PTI photo)
The huge crowd disrupted the circulation of goods, thus stopping trade in the city. Faced with the disruptions of commercial activities, the All India Motor Transport Congress urged the Maharashtra CM becomes will provide protection against the demonstrators and a police escort to the export-importing carriage vehicles. The transport organization asked the government to devote a way to good freight. (PTI photo)
“Hundreds of shipments are blocked. Export-import goods worth thousands of millions of dollars, essential to infrastructure and development projects, are delayed. Unused containers, overestaries, detention costs and sanctions accumulate, while drivers are blocked without basic amenities. This situation leads to a financial disaster, in mental stress and Harassment of operators, “said Bal Malkit Singh, AIMTC advisor, in a statement. statement. (PTI photo)
JANANGE, on September 1, warned that “more than 5 million Marathes will come to Mumbai” if CM Fadnavis does not listen to requests from the Maratha community. He added that no one would pay to come to Mumbai. And he would obtain the reimbursement of those who had to pay for the petrol, etc. To get to town. (PTI photo)