Despite having granted the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government a month’s time to grant a foolproof reservation for the Maratha community, pro-quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Wednesday announced he would tour the State from September 30 to October 11 to further press for the quota demand.
Speaking in Jalna, Mr. Jarange Patil, who emerged as a prominent face of the renewed Maratha quota demonstrations last month, said that Shinde-led government would have to announce a quota for the Marathas after the end of the 40-day period (which ends on October 24) sought by the government to study the issue.
The activist informed that his tour would begin from Jalna’s Antarwali Sarati village, where he had launched his indefinite hunger strike on August 29 before calling it off after 16 days.
