Marathas' Jail Bharo Andolan received a lukewarm response from participants on its first day in Mumbai on Wednesday. While the Maratha Kranti Morcha had decided to organise it across the state from August 1, at Azad Maidan, where it started, the number of protesters that turned up was barely 50. The main reason behind Wednesday's andolan was to demand that the government take back all cases, even the serious ones, that were registered against protesters after the Maharashtra bandh on July 25.

The community has been demanding 16 per cent reservation in education and employment, and wants the state government to approve it. After Marathas held several peaceful protests, the state also saw the community's aggression in many places through last week and this.