All-party meet backs govt on Maratha quota

An all-party meeting called by Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday adopted a resolution endorsing the steps being taken by the state government for providing reservation to the Maratha community and urged activist Manoj Jarange-Patil to call off his indefinite hunger strike.

- Surendra P Gangan

"We all are in favour of reservation to the Maratha community. It can be accorded only by following the legal procedure and we all are ready to work on it jointly. It needs to be completed at the earliest, but it will need adequate time," the resolution signed by leaders of 32 parties said. "We appeal to Manoj Jarange-Patil to cooperate in these efforts and call off his ongoing hunger strike."