Even as pro-Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil refused to budge from his indefinite hunger strike, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday made it clear the State government would not take a hasty decision on the issue of Maratha reservation.
While Mr. Patil, whose indefinite hunger strike entered its fourteenth day, continued to insist that the government must issue Other Backward Castes certificates for all Marathas so that the community could avail benefits presently enjoyed by the OBCs community.
Mr. Shinde held an all-party meeting late evening in Mumbai to break the impasse under the shadow of intensifying tensions between the Maratha and OBC communities across Maharashtra.
