India, Aug. 14 -- Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Tuesday urged community members to meet him at his village, Antarwali Sarati, over the next one week with data related to their numerical strength in various assembly constituencies. A decision on fielding Maratha candidates for the upcoming assembly polls would be taken based on the data on August 29, he said in Nashik while concluding his week-long peace march through the north-western part of Maharashtra.

The march, which commenced on August 7, concluded with a rally in Nashik, in the bastion of prominent OBC leader and state minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who has vehemently opposed reservation for Marathas within the OBC category. Speaking at the rally, Jarange-Patil Bhujbal ...