Protesters have been staging a starvation strike demanding reservation for the Maratha neighborhood.
Jalna:
A protest for Maratha reservation in Jalna district of central Maharashtra turned violent on Friday resulting in dozens of individuals together with police personnel getting injured, officers stated.
Police used baton-charge and fired teargas shells to disperse a violent mob at Antarwali Sarathi village on Dhule-Solapur highway in Ambad tehsil. Villagers additionally claimed that police fired some rounds within the air, however officers didn’t affirm it.
The protesters, led by Manoj Jarange, had been staging a starvation strike demanding reservation for the Maratha neighborhood on the village since Tuesday.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde made an enchantment for peace and in addition introduced {that a} committee might be arrange for a high-level probe into the violence.
The reservation offered by the state authorities for the politically dominant Maratha neighborhood was quashed by the Supreme Courtroom earlier.
The agitation turned violent on Friday as some individuals focused state transport buses and personal autos, police stated.
A minimum of 18 police personnel and officers together with deputy superintendent of police Sachin Sangle have been injured in stone pelting whereas 20 protesters have been injured in baton-charge at Antarwali Sarathi, police sources stated.
The chief minister had spoken to the protesters on Wednesday, urging them to finish the starvation strike, however they refused to relent, officers stated.
On Thursday, outlets and different business institutions at Wadigodri village in Ambad tehsil had remained closed, whereas there was a large protest gathering at Shahgadh earlier within the week.
Further police forces have been despatched to Jalna, officers stated.
Chatting with a regional information channel, Chief Minister Shinde stated the state authorities was dedicated to offer reservation to the Maratha neighborhood, and no one ought to resort to violence.
“The state authorities is taking some steps to provide reservation to the neighborhood. Throughout Devendra Fadnavis’s tenure as chief minister, the state authorities had given reservation to the Maratha neighborhood however the Supreme Courtroom quashed it,” he stated.
“I don’t wish to go into the politics of it as a result of it was not correctly adopted up. Nevertheless, the state authorities is taking this situation significantly and we’ll welcome it if there are any options. I enchantment to the protesters to take care of peace in order that the frequent individuals don’t undergo,” he stated.
A committee might be arrange for a high-level probe into the violence, Mr Shinde introduced.
Congress chief Ashok Chavan demanded that the state authorities clarify its stand on Maratha reservation.
The baton-charge by police at Antarwali Sarathi village was unacceptable, the previous chief minister added.
The Shiv Sena-BJP authorities should state what steps it will take to offer reservation to the neighborhood, Chavan stated.
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Ambadas Danve too condemned the usage of pressure by police and demanded that Residence Minister Devendra Fadnavis state on whose orders police resorted to baton-charge.
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