Jarange threatens to give up water

MARATHA QUOTA

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange has vowed to stop drinking water from the third day of his hunger strike Monday and brave “bullets” for reservation under the OBC category, demanding that the state government issue a GR based on the reservation based on available records.

For its part, the state government Sunday said it will seek a legal opinion on implementing the Hyderabad gazetteer on the Kunbi statusan OBC castefor the Maratha community.

Jarange, however, remained unimpressed and said he won't budge from the protest venue in Azad Maidan till his demands are met, even if the Fadnavis government fires bullets at protesters.

He demanded that the government issue a GR on the Maratha reservation based on available records.