The Maratha reservation row has deepened with Chhagan Bhujbal brazenly expressing his anger by strolling out of the Maharashtra Cupboard assembly. He additionally confronted Deputy CM Ajit Pawar for not consulting him earlier than the choice and reiterated issues about OBC illustration.
The continued Maratha quota row took a dramatic activate Wednesday as senior NCP chief and minister Chhagan Bhujbal expressed his displeasure over the problem. As per the knowledge, Bhujbal walked out of the state Cupboard assembly at Sahyadri Visitor Home, making his resentment in the direction of the federal government’s choice on the quota clear. In response to sources, earlier than the primary cupboard assembly, NCP ministers held a pre-cabinet dialogue at Sahyadri Visitor Home the place Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was additionally current. In the course of the dialogue, Bhujbal confronted Pawar and requested why he was not consulted earlier than the choice on Maratha reservation was taken. In response, Pawar clarified that the choice was made by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and warranted that the transfer wouldn’t have an effect on OBC reservation. Nonetheless, Bhujbal insisted that he and his neighborhood leaders ought to have been taken into confidence.
Bhujbal walks out
Following the change, a visibly upset Bhujbal left the venue citing private causes for skipping the primary Cupboard assembly. His departure, proper earlier than the beginning of the cupboard session, was seen as a powerful public show of discontent.
Ongoing discontent with GR
It’s price noting that Bhujbal had already been displeased with the Authorities Decision (GR) on Maratha reservation and his choice to attend the pre-cabinet session after which stroll out simply earlier than the cupboard started was a symbolic transfer to showcase his anger brazenly.
Maratha quota protest
It’s to be famous right here that activist Manoj Jarange on Tuesday night ended his five-day-old quick in Mumbai after the Devendra Fadnavis authorities accepted most of his calls for, together with granting eligible Marathas Kunbi caste certificates which is able to make them eligible for reservation advantages out there to the OBCs.
The Maharashtra authorities on Tuesday introduced forming a committee to problem Kunbi caste certificates to Maratha neighborhood members with historic proof of their Kunbi heritage, a social group categorized as an OBC within the state.
The Kunbi is a standard farming neighborhood within the state and so they have been included within the record of OBC class in Maharashtra with a view to make them eligible for presidency reservations in jobs and training. The Authorities Decision issued by the social justice and particular help division additionally talked about about implementing the Hyderabad gazetteer.