Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has expressed hope that Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange will not do anything to disturb the Ganesh festival celebrations in Mumbai.

Jarange has given the Maharashtra government an ultimatum till Tuesday (August 26) to grant a 10 per cent quota to the Maratha community under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) grouping, or face the wrath of protesters, news agency PTI reported. 

The Maratha leader said the march to Mumbai will commence on Wednesday, the day of Ganesh Chaturthi, if the government fails to accept the quota demand. He also said he will sit on an indefinite hunger strike on Friday.