By: Express News Service Pune | August 10, 2025 17:47 IST 2 min readMaratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil Sunday intensified his attacks on BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis (Express File)Known for his strong criticism of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil Sunday intensified his attacks on the BJP leader. He accused Fadnavis of conspiring to undermine Maratha leaders and trying to create a rift between the Other Backward Classes (OBC) and the Maratha communities.”I am giving an important message to the Maratha community from Ahilyanagar. Devendra Fadnavis is deliberately trying to finish off Maratha leaders and Maratha officials… They should all remain alert,” Jarange-Patil alleged at a press conference in Ahilyanagar. He said even Maratha officials are suffering at the hands of Fadnavis. ”I urge the Maratha community to stand by officials if they are harassed,” he said.Jarange-Patil said government officials are deliberately avoiding people with low incomes and Maratha who approach them for getting their official work done. ”They make life miserable for the poor, the Maratha and the Dalit Muslims,” he said.The activist said, ”Fadanvis is now claiming that he will fight on behalf of the OBC community. Then who will fight for the Marathas? Now even OBC community knows that he wants to ensure that OBC and Marathas keep quarrelling. Even the OBC communities know now that he is provoking them to resort to violence against the Maratha community. If violence indeed takes place, then Fadnavis should remember he will be responsible for it.”The activist stated that when OBC becomes a district guardian minister, the Marathas will suffer. ”When Marathas become district guardian minister, OBCs are not harassed.”As for the local self-government body elections, Jarange-Patil said, ”The Maratha community will take the call in this regard. However, our stand regarding reservation is similar. We want reservation through the OBC quota and not through any other category. On August 19, we will go to Mumbai to carry out our agitation there.”On Rahul Gandhi’s allegation of vote theft, Jarange-Patil offered no comments.Click here to join Express Pune WhatsApp channel and get a curated list of our stories© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Devendra Fadnavis