: Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 2:35 PM IST
âSCâs order is unfortunateâ: Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray says legal fight for Maratha reservation will continue
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Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said at a time when the Maharashtra Government is combating the virus the Supreme Courtâs order cancelling the reservation in education and government jobs for the Maratha community is quite unfortunate. In his reaction, CM said the reservation was provided to the farmers, a hard-working Maratha community to protect its self-esteem.
ââThe Supreme Court has now overturned the decision, which was taken unanimously by all political parties in the state legislature. In other words, the Maharashtra government does not have the right to decide on this reservation,ââ said Thackeray.
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The Union government s 102nd amendment had taken away decisions (read powers) of awarding reservation to the Maratha community because of which the erstwhile Fadnavis government framed the SEBC Act which has been quashed by the Supreme Court, Chavan, who heads the state sub-committee on Maratha reservation, told a press conference.
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Chavan said the SC has stamped on the fact that Maharashtra state has no right to award any such reservation after the 102 amendment in the Constitution.
With the Supreme Court on Wednesday striking down the Maharashtra law granting quota to Marathas in admissions and government jobs, state minister Ashok Chavan criticised former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis for passing the SEBC Act in 2018 without due rights .
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In a statement after the apex court verdict, Thackeray said, With folded hands, we request the prime minister and the president to take an immediate decision on Maratha quota.
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MUMBAI: Terming the Supreme Court s decision to strike down the Maharashtra law granting quota to Marathas in admissions and government jobs as unfortunate, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said the legal battle for the reservations to that community will continue till there is victory .
In a statement after the apex court verdict, Thackeray said, With folded hands, we request the prime minister and the president to take an immediate decision on Maratha quota.
SC verdict on Maratha reservation ‘unfortunate’: Uddhav Thackeray
May 05, 2021
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Even as Maharashtra is fighting against the Covid pandemic, the Supreme Court decision to reject the State Government’s decision on the Maratha community reservation is unfortunate for the hard-working warrior community in the State, said the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday in a media statement.
He was reacting to a Supreme Court decision that declared a Maharashtra Government law that provides reservation benefits to the Maratha community as unconstitutional.
Thackeray said that the State Government had decided to give reservation only to protect the self-esteem of the Maratha community. The Supreme Court has now overturned that decision, which was taken unanimously by all political parties in the Maharashtra Legislature.
Anil Deshmukh Anil Vasantrao Deshmukh is an Indian politician based in Maharashtra and a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). He has represented the Vidhan Sabha constituency of Katol in the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He has also served as the Minister of Home Affairs in the Maharashtra government. Earlier, he also served as the Minister of Public Works Department, Minister of State for School Education, Information and Public Relations, Minister of Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Minister of State for Sports & Youth Affairs and Minister of State for Education and Culture in the Government of Maharashtra.