Pune
The Eknath Shinde-led government on Thursday clarified to Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil that not all blood relatives of Maratha community members established as Other Backward Classes (OBC) could be given OBC certificates, while appealing to the activist to give the government more time to complete the reservation process and call off his proposed agitation after December 24.
A delegation of Ministers comprising Girish Mahajan — a frequent ‘troubleshooter’ in earlier delegations sent to pacify the activist — and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction leaders Uday Samant and Sandipan Bhumre met Mr. Jarange-Patil and implored him to call off his proposed agitation on the expiry of the December 24 ‘deadline’ set by the activist for the government to grant quota.