The participants in the march wanted to hand over several memorandums of demands which they had received from people on the way, but no representative of the Maharashtra government was present to accept the memorandums, Rohit Pawar told reporters

Angry NCP workers then began to shout slogans and tried to head towards the legislature complex

The march had started from Pune and covered a distance of around 800 km before reaching the city where the winter session of the Maharashtra legislature is underway

The police later detained Rohit Pawar, Salil Deshmukh, Sangram Deshmukh and many other NCP workers, an official said

The yatra covered a distance of 800km in a span of 32 days and passed through 20 talukas and 400 villages across 10 districts of Maharashtra, said the Rajya Sabha member

The purpose of the yatra was to "awaken" the Centre and the state government if they are not discharging this duty (of providing quota to different communities), Sharad Pawar said