Maratha quota: Maratha quota supporters observing an indefinite fast in Maharashtra's Thane city reportedly asked Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Jitendra Awhad to step down from the stage where they were carrying out the protest when he went to meet them, reported the PTI.

According to the PTI, The pro-quota activists, who have been staging the protest in front of the district collectorate since October 28, said they do want their agitation to be taken over by political leaders.