Jagannath Sonawane, a farmer by profession, attempted suicide on Tuesday, during the Maratha reservation protest, and was declared dead on Wednesday. Sonawane, a resident of Deogaon Rangari village in Gangapur tehsil of Aurangabad district, had allegedly consumed poison early on Tuesday morning, when the agitation was being held.
Another protestor, Jayant Sonawane,also attempted suicide on Tuesday by jumping into a river but is in a stable condition and is undergoing treatment at the hospital. On Monday, a 28-year-old Maratha youth Kakasaheb Dattatraya Shinde died after jumping into the Godavari river from a bridge in Kaygaon Toka village in Gangapur tehsil of Aurangabad due to which the agitation took as violent turn.
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The Maratha community had been protesting across Maharashtra demanding reservation in government jobs and education since two days but the fury died down yesterday as the protestors decided to call off the protest. On Wednesday, the Maratha Kranti Morcha workers allegedly set several vehicles on fire and also vandalised public buses in Navi Mumbai’s Ghansoli and Thane’s Wagle Estate causing disruption in bus services and ruckus among people who braved the protests to reach their destinations. A local train was also blocked by protestors in Thane.
A Maratha Kranti Morcha worker informed ANI that they asked their workers to not cause any inconvenience to the police or government.
Meanwhile, NCP MLA from Vaijaapur constituency (Aurangabad), has offered his resignation to Vidhan Sabha speaker over mail while citing the reason for his resignation to be the Maratha Reservation Issue.
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