Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Monday accused the state government of diverting the core issue of reservation and also claimed it was considering a separate quota for the community. Jarange Patil resumed his indefinite fast and is continuing his protest at his native Antarwali Sarati village in Maharashtra's Jalna district for the third day on February 12 over his demand that a special session of Maharashtra legislative be convened to convert draft notification on 'blood relatives' of Kunbi Marathas into law, reported PTI.

Per the PTI report, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, in December 2023 had announced that a special session of state legislature would be held in February, if necessary, to grant reservations to the Maratha community. The announcement was made after reviewing a report of the Backward Class Commission.