On Sunday, August 31, actress Sumona Chakravarti posted a disturbing incident on Instagram, stating that Maratha quota protesters in South Mumbai had surrounded her car during the day. On Sunday, the third day of the Maratha quota demonstrations in Mumbai, spearheaded by activist Manoj Jarange Patil, began. Sumona described the terrifying event in detail, saying that the protesters blocked her car at around 12:30 pm while she was traveling from Colaba to Fort. While others pounded on the car’s windows while yelling “Jai Maharashtra” and laughing, she said one man slammed on her bonnet. She questioned Mumbai’s law and order, saying she felt extremely insecure and that there were no police.Mumbai residents should have the right to feel safe in their own city, she said, denouncing the “lawlessness.”
After her car was mobbed, Sumona Chakravarti recounts feeling unsafe.
Sumona Chakravarti posted on Instagram on Sunday, saying, “It’s 12:30 this afternoon. I’m traveling to Fort via car from Colaba. And all of a sudden, a mob blocks my automobile. Smirking, a man wearing an orange stole banged on my bonnet. putting his swollen belly up against my vehicle. He shivered in front of me as if he were demonstrating a sick point. His companions were laughing and yelling “Jai Maharashtra!” as they pounded on my windows. We took a step forward and repeated the same action. Twice in five minutes. No police.There was no law and order, and the people we saw later were just sitting, talking, and hanging. It’s just me, feeling unsafe in my car in the middle of the day in South Bombay. What about the streets? piled high with trash, plastic bottles, and banana peels. Pavements have taken over. In the name of protest, protesters are consuming food, sleeping, taking a shower, cooking, urinating, pooping, creating reels, video calling, and doing Mumbai darshan. A total sham of common sense.
She went on to say that she has spent practically her whole life in Mumbai and has never felt uncomfortable, particularly in South Mumbai. But she felt truly vulnerable for the first time in years. But today, in the middle of the day, in the comfort of my own vehicle, I felt truly unsafe for the first time in years. At risk. And the presence of a male companion made me feel extremely fortunate. I kept thinking: what would have happened if I had been by myself? I was inclined to film a video, but I soon realized that this could further agitate or anger them. Thus, I didn’t. Realizing that law and order could disintegrate in an instant, regardless of one’s identity or location, is terrifying,” she wrote.
Criticizing “Absolute Lawlessness,” Sumona Chakravarti
“Peaceful protests exist—we’ve seen them for causes far more urgent,” she continued. Nevertheless, the cops crack down on those. Here, though? complete lawlessness. As a woman, a tax-paying citizen, and a city lover, I’m left feeling uneasy. This disdain for civic duty and governance is not fair to us. We are entitled to a sense of security within our own city.
She conveyed her displeasure in the caption, stating that it doesn’t seem like the “fastest growing economy” or a progressive society. ” “Not the Digital Bharat they are constantly discussing. Because growth isn’t happening when casteism, religion, politics, corruption, bureaucracy, unemployment, and illiteracy are in charge. It’s deterioration. She wrote, “#MarathaQuotaProtest.”
Concerning the Maratha Quota Protest
The third day of Manoj Jarange’s protest for the Maratha quota at Azad Maidan in Mumbai began on Sunday. He has been calling for a 10% quota for Marathas and the recognition of Kunbis, an agrarian caste that falls under the Other Backward Classes category. This would allow them to be given preference in government employment and education. To demand the reservation, the 43-year-old activist has been holding an extended hunger strike at Azad Maidan since Friday.
