The Maratha reservation issue continued to vex Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s government as quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Wednesday hardened his stance by launching another indefinite hunger strike despite the State government’s efforts to dissuade him.
Accusing the government of “not being serious” on the reservation issue and “misleading” people, Mr. Jarange-Patil began his hunger fast at the Antarwali Sarati village in Jalna district in the State’s Marathwada region.
He had undertaken an indefinite hunger strike on August 29 this year but had called it off after 17 days when Mr. Shinde personally called on him and persuaded him to withdraw it.
