Maratha stir continues as talks with govt fail

Maratha quota agitation leader Manoj Jarange-Patil on Saturday demanded that the Marathas in Marathwada be declared as belonging to the Kunbi caste and given reservation, as his talks with a government delegation ended inconclusively on the second day of his hunger strike in Mumbai.

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Meanwhile, traffic came to a grinding halt outside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and nearby areas with the police struggling to convince protesters to clear the route.

Jarange-Patil also slammed CM Devendra Fadnavis for sending retired high court judge Sandeep Shinde, who heads a committee set up to expedite the process of granting reservation to Marathas, to hold talks with him at the Azad Maidan in south Mumbai.