India, Sept. 10 -- Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has described Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil as her "brother" and invited him to her home for a meal amid his ongoing agitation for reservation for the community.

"Jarange Patil ji is my brother and I invite him to come for a meal at our home," she told reporters on the sidelines of a programme in Nagpur on Wednesday night.

Jarange has been agitating at Antarwali Sarati village in Jalna district for the past 13 days, demanding reservation for the Maratha community under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category.

He has also been seeking implementation of the Hyderabad and Satara Gazette records and issuance of Kunbi caste certificates ...