Alleging that the state government had dishonoured a deadline of 40 days for granting Marathas a quota, community activist Manoj Jarange Patil has resumed his fast unto death in Antarwali Sarati village in Jalna district. He said the protest across the state will intensify if no concrete decision comes within two to three days. 

Manoj Jarange Patil, a small-time activist, shot to prominence after his protest was lathi-charged by the police in the last week of August. Subsequently, he quit fasting after Chief Minister Eknath Shinde visited him and assured the quota that would sustain legal hurdles because the Maratha quota granted earlier was scrapped by the Supreme Court. The state government has filed a curative petition that is expected to be taken up soon. Shinde also vowed in the Dussehra rally on Tuesday that he was committed to giving Marathas a quota that would not be stayed or scrapped by the court.