Maratha quota: Manoj Jarange continues fast for 3rd day, claims govt sidestepping core issue
Jalna, Feb 12 (PTI) Activist Manoj Jarange on Monday accused the Maharashtra government of diverting the core issue of Maratha reservation and claimed it was considering a separate quota for the community. Jarange continued his indefinite fast at his native Antarwali Sarati village in Jalna district for the third day on Monday over his demand that a special session of the Maharashtra legislature be convened to convert the draft notification on “blood relatives” of Kunbi Marathas into a law. In December last year, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said a special session of the state legislature will be held in February,