Mumbai, May 31 -- Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil ended his indefinite hunger strike shortly after midnight on Sunday after state minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and BJP MLC Prasad Lad handed over a 12-point proposal addressing key demands related to Maratha reservation.

Jarange-Patil had began his ninth round of indefinite hunger strike at 10 am on Saturday in Antarwali Sarati, his native village in Jalna district of the Marathwada region. This time, the protest was more extreme, as he sat in the open under the harsh summer sun without shade.

Meanwhile, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, who heads the cabinet sub-committee on Maratha reservation, held multiple meetings with officials from the divisional commissionerate and discusse...