Mumbai, Feb. 15 -- The Eknath Shinde-led "Maha-Yuti" Government on Wednesday convened a Special Session of the Maharashtra Legislature on February 20 to decide on the reservations to Maratha community, even as the health condition of the agitating Shivba Sanghatana leader and pro-reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil deteriorated.
On a day when the hunger agitation of Jarange-Patil entered fifth day, Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde announced the scheduling of a special session of both Houses of the state Legislature on Tuesday next.
At a weekly meeting presided over by Shinde, the state Cabinet decided to convene a special session of the Maharashtra Legislature in line with the commitment it had made to Jarange-Patil last mont...