Maratha Groups News Today

Several Maratha organisations express their apprehension over the quota bill passing the legal test and allege that the special session of the assembly on Tuesday was called keeping in mind the upcoming elections.

Multiple shops pulled down their shutters across various markets in the city as they observed the bandh. "Its an insult to Maharashtra. All parties, except BJP, have supported the shutdown," said NCPs Pune president, Prashant Jagtap. Pune Bandh: NCP Calls for Shutdown Against Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari’s Remark on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

A number of organisations and opposition parties, including the well-known Maratha Sambhaji Brigade, will hold a silent march on Tuesday in protest of allegedly contentious comments, details below.