MUMBAI, Sept. 5 -- An organisation representing Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities in Nagpur ended its six-day-old protest on Thursday, after an assurance from the Maharashtra government that their reservation would not be affected by a decision on the Maratha quota. State OBC Welfare Minister Atul Save met the protesters and assured them that the reservation of the Other Backward Classes "will remain untouched". The OBC agitation in Nagpur started two days after Jarange-Patil started his hunger strike at Azad Maidan backed by nearly 30,000 supporters. It was a retaliatory move to protect their own reservation, which they feared would be compromised if the state government agreed to let Marathas with Kunbi certificates (according to the Hyderabad and Satara gazettes) into the OBC category. The OBC strike ended on Thursday when the minister of OBC welfare, Atul Save, reached Samvidhan Chowk, in Nagpur, and approved 12 of the 14 demands placed by the outfit to the government. P4...