Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, other BJP workers detained
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Mumbai: The former Maharashtra chief minister and the present leader of opposition Devendra Fadnavis was detained on Saturday during the protest over the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the local bodies reservation in Nagpur.Some other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers who were gathered at their party office to begin a 'morcha' in front of the Maharashtra Secretariat demanding political reservation of the OBC were also detained by the Mumbai Police on Saturday.
Among many protestors, the police detained former Mumbai minister Girish Mahajan, Mumbai BJP chief MangalPrabhatLodha, and MLC Rahul Narvekar. The police detained the protestors, who had planned for a 'chakka jam', before the march towards the Secretariat could begin.
The police said that all protestors have been taken to the Marine Line Police station, as per a report by news agency ANI.
"The MVA government has failed to protect the OBC's reservation. The issue can be solved through Centre Government's intervention, and our leader, DevendraFadnavis can help with the same. The MVA leaders should come to him to take his help over the issue, but they would not come because they would rather delay it. It is a matter of credit taking for them," ANI quoted MLA KalidasKolambakar as saying hitting out at the MahaVikasAghadi (MVA) government of the state for their incapacity to provide reservations.
