Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil on Sunday hinted at Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' intervention if it could resolve the Maratha quota issue, as activist Manoj Jarange's agitation for reservation entered the third day, reported news agency PTI.

Jarange has been staging a hunger strike at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai from Friday to press for a 10 per cent quota for the Maratha community.

He wants Marathas to be recognised as Kunbis -- an agrarian caste included in the Other Backward Classes category -- which will make them eligible for reservation in government jobs and education, though OBC leaders are opposed to it.