Maratha reservation: Sambhaji Chhatrapati meets VBA chief Prakash Ambedkar
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BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sambhaji Chhatrapati on Saturday met Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar here to discuss the Maratha quota issue.
The BJP leader said people were emotional about the issue and it was for political leaders to bring about a solution.
The Supreme Court had on May 5 struck down a state law that gave reservations to the Maratha community in jobs and education.
Ambedkar said reservations were a tool to connect society with the system but political parties were not interested in it.
The BJP Rajya Sabha MP, on Friday, said he had submitted a list of five demands to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, adding that a agitation for reservations would start from Raigad Fort if these were not met by June 6.
Ashok Chavan said the Centre had kept all decision-making powers in its hands but was now blaming the state governments after the COVID-19 outbreak spiralled out of control.
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BJP MP Sambhaji Chhatrapati on Friday warned that if the Maharashtra government does not approve his demands concerning the Maratha community by June 6, he would launch an agitation irrespective of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Speaking to reporters here, Sambhaji Chhatrapati, a descendant of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji, said he submitted a list of his demands to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday. He gave the list of demands over three weeks after the Supreme Court struck down the Maharashtra law granting quota to the Maratha community in admissions and government jobs, by terming it as unconstitutional , and held that there were no exceptional circumstances to breach the 50 per cent reservation cap set by the 1992 Mandal verdict.