India, Aug. 29 -- Ahead of Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil's rally at Azad Maidan on Friday after Mumbai police granted him and his supporters permission on Wednesday to hold the rally, the activist censured the government's diktat of allowing the protest for a day - between 9 am and 6 pm - with no more than 5000 people. He termed it "an insult to poor Marathas", and promised an indefinite hunger strike.

This is the activist's ninth protest over nearly two years pushing for reservation for the Maratha community in the OBC quota based on the Kunbi certificates issued to community members.

Earlier in the day, nearly 10,000 supporters from the Maratha community joined Jarange-Patil at the Shivneri fort in Pune where he paid trib...