Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil has called a mass assembly of at least 3 crore Marathas in Mumbai beginning January 20 to demand reservation for the Maratha community. Jarange-Patil promised a peaceful march in a media address, inviting people from across Maharashtra to participate by whatever means of transportation without fear of confiscation of the vehicles, stated a report in IANS. 

Jarange Patil was quoted as saying in the IANS report, "From January 20, people will leave their towns and villages all over Maharashtra… They will come on foot, in buses, big and small vehicles or tractors. It will be a peaceful march, nobody will carry stones or resort to violence."