The Akhand Maratha Samaj, a Maratha outfit, on Sunday organised a “Jan Akrosh Morcha” in Pune over the homicide of a sarpanch in Beed and the custodial loss of life of a youth after the Parbhani violence.
Former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil, NCP(SP) leaders Bajrang Sonawane and Prashant Jagtap, and BJP MLA Suresh Dhas joined the protestors in a march that began at Lal Mahal reverse Shaniwar Wada and concluded on the District Collectorate.
Relations of the murdered sarpanch had been additionally current through the march.
Massajog sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh was kidnapped and murdered on December 9, 2024. Walmik Karad, who is taken into account to be a near NCP Minister Dhananjay Munde, is allegedly linked to Deshmukh’s homicide.
In the meantime, Somnath Suryavanshi died in judicial custody on December 15 in Parbhani. He was one of many 50 individuals arrested by the police after an incident of violence following alleged vandalising of a reproduction of the Structure outdoors the Parbhani railway station.
Demanding justice for the 2 deceased, an enormous variety of protestors gathered on the Lal Mahal from 11 am and raised slogans demanding Dhananjay Munde’s resignation and the loss of life penalty for the accused.
Talking outdoors the Lal Mahal, Jarange Patil stated: “All of us have to come back collectively to get justice for the youngsters (of the victims). All events within the state ought to come collectively to get justice for Santosh bhaiya. Until the accused aren’t hanged we are going to go across the state… Dhananjay Munde ought to cease folks from threatening us… it doesn’t swimsuit him. Caste tensions are being created. There ought to be peace all over the place.”
The quota activist added that Maharashtra politics ought to have such “sanskar” (tradition) that when anybody dies, folks from all castes ought to oppose it.
Expressing his solidarity with the protest, Congress’s Prithviraj Chavan stated, “All these leaders at highest positions ought to be made to resign and strict motion ought to be taken.”
BJP’s Dhas has joined a number of opposition protests in opposition to the ruling Mahayuti authorities over the sarpanch homicide.
NCP(SP)’s Jagtap alleged Suryavanshi was killed with assist from the administration.
“Later Santosh Deshmukh was killed and the murderers had been protected by the federal government. Maharashtra is seeing the anger in opposition to this at present,” he stated.
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