India, Aug. 30 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the government was working within the constitutional and legal framework to resolve the Maratha quota issue.

The CM's statement came even as talks between Manoj Jarange-Patil and the Maharashtra government failed to yield a solution, following which the Maratha quota activist extended his hunger strike for a third consecutive day.

Jarange-Patil had reached Mumbai on Friday morning, along with a huge convoy of vehicles carrying thousands of his supporters. The Azad Maidan Police extended the permission granted for the Maratha quota agitation for another day.

Meanwhile, thousands of Jarange's supporters gathered in south Mumbai, leading to traffic snarls in t...