India, Sept. 13 -- Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Tuesday said he was ready to end his indefinite hunger strike, but his protest would continue until the Maharashtra government started issuing Kunbi (sub-caste) certificates to the members of the Maratha community from the Marathwada region.

Jarange-Patil, a farmer from Jalna district, said he was giving one month's time to the Maharashtra government so that a state-appointed committee could prepare its report on the Maratha reservation. He demanded that chief minister Eknath Shinde, his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, Rajya Sabha MP Udayanraje Bhosale and former MP Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati should be present during his withdrawal of hunger strike.

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