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The Hindu
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Shoumojit Banerjee

Maratha quota stir descends into violence as homes of NCP leaders are torched

The raging Maratha quota agitation veered dangerously towards arson and vandalism on Monday, with agitators torching the homes and offices of two elected representatives from Beed district who are members of rival Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) factions.

CM Eknath Shinde, scrambling to break the quota deadlock, said that the Maratha reservation movement was losing direction. Quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, enfeebled by days of fasting is standing by his demands.

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