Abhijit Dipke meets Manoj Jarange Patil, backs Maratha quota agitation

Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, met Manoj Jarange-Patil at Antarwali Sarati on September 11, 2026, and asked him to end the fast. Mr. Jarange-Patil has been on a hunger strike for reservation for the Maratha community. The meeting took place on day 14 of the strike.

In a post on X on September 11, 2026, Mr. Dipke wrote that he met Mr. Jarange-Patil, who has been on a hunger strike for 14 days, and inquired about his health. He wrote that Maharashtra needs Mr. Jarange-Patil. He requested that Mr. Jarange-Patil call off the fast and take care of his health.

Mr. Dipke said that Mr. Jarange-Patil is not on a hunger strike for himself. He said Mr. Jarange-Patil is on a hunger strike for society. He said the strike is for children of the Maratha community to get education and employment. He said if the government had given education and employment to children, there would not have been a need for a hunger strike. He said this is a failure of the government. He said the government was elected to do work for people. He said the government did not do that work. He said the government left people in the lurch.