Uddhav Thackeray is in Delhi to satisfy PM Modi to debate Maratha quota and Cyclone Tauktae aid.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is in Delhi to satisfy Prime Minister Narendra Modi to debate Maratha quota and Cyclone Tauktae aid.
The Chief Minister, together with Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, will assembly with PM Modi shortly.
Final month Mr Thackeray wrote to the Prime Minister and requested him to take steps to declare the Maratha group within the state as a Socially and Educationally Backward caste so they might declare reservation in schooling (12 per cent) and jobs (13 per cent).
The Supreme Court docket final week struck down the quota, calling it “unconstitutional”. A five-judge bench stated the 2018 legislation for Maratha quota had pushed reservation over the present 50 per cent cap.
On Might 31 the Maharashtra authorities prolonged EWS (economically weaker part) advantages – together with 10 per cent reservation – to the Maratha group.
Reservation was given to Marathas in 2018 by the Devendra Fadnavis authorities.
The Bombay Excessive Court docket upheld the quota however its resolution was paused by the Supreme Court docket.
Mr Thackeray’s go to additionally comes after an editorial within the ruling Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece – ‘Saamna’ – which stated the battle to “destabilise politics of Maharashtra” can be fought in Delhi.
“The collision will show to be decisive. To destabilise politics of Maharashtra, opposition will use the difficulty of the Maratha reservation as a weapon, then they should cease it in time,” it stated final month.
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