India, Aug. 31 -- A day after Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil began an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan in Mumbai seeking blanket reservation for Marathas under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category, OBC activists on Saturday started a chain hunger strike in Nagpur to defend their 27% quota.

Hundreds of OBC activists gathered at the Samvidhan Chowk in Nagpur on Saturday morning to take part in the chain hunger strike as OBC leaders declared that they would continue with the protest until the state government assured them that Marathas would not be accommodated within the OBC quota.

"We do not oppose reservation for Marathas. But when they seek it from our quota, we will have to defend our rights," said Babanrao Tay...