As the Maratha agitation is becoming aggressive day-by-day, there is big pressure on the MLAs and the government. After the resignation stunt series of the MLAs on Thursday, Maratha Reservation Council Chairman and Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil met the Chairman of Backward Classes Commission and former Justice MG Gaikwad and Member Suvarna Rawal on Friday to request them to submit the Maratha Reservation report at the earliest.
Education Minister Vinod Tawde, Water Supply Minister Babanrao Lawyer, State Minister Sadabhau Khot, Ashish Shelar and Praveen Drekar were also present on the occasion. After meeting Gaikwad, Chandrakant Patil said that we have given a letter to the Chairman of the Backward Class Commissions to submit their report which will decide the reservation to the Maratha community. So far, the Commission has received 1 Lakh 87 thousand applications from Maratha community. The survey work will be completed by July 31st. The backward class commission’a work is being carried out through five agencies. The government will provide all the necessary help to make this work to complete faster.
Silence about Shiv Sena ministers
When Chandrakant Patil was asked why he did not call Shiv Sena ministers in this delegation to meet the commission, he chose to remain silent. Therefore, it is now being said that Maratha reservation is also being one of the issue increasing the rift between Shiv Sena and the BJP.
Government came into action
Government has fastened their proceedings towards the Maratha reservation work. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had convened a meeting of all the ministers and Maratha MLAs. This meeting of the BJP on Maratha reservation was held at the ‘Sewa Sadan’, residence of Education Minister Vinod Tawde. Cooperative, Textile and Marketing Minister Subhash Deshmukh, MLA Ravindra Chavan, Home Minister Ranjit Patil, Babanrao Lonikar, MLA Ashish Shelar and other ministers were present in the meeting. Later, another meeting between Fadnavis and his cabinet colleagues took place late on Thursday night. There was a positive discussion in this meeting about reservation for Maratha community, said BJP state President Raosaheb Danwe.
All-party meeting on Saturday
On Saturday, the Chief Minister will hold a meeting for all the parties on Maratha reservation. An invitation has been sent to everyone on Thursday.
Reservation issue rose because of migrants – Raj Thackeray
Maharashtra has always been in the forefront in industry sector. Even today, Maharashtra becomes a first choice for business. But Marathi youth do not get jobs in these businesses. MNS President Raj Thackeray has alleged that the issue of reservation has been raised due to the high number of migrants in Maharashtra. He was speaking at the party gathering held in Pune. “Reservation should not be given on the basis of caste but on financial conditions, if Marathi youth will be given a priority in giving the jobs, then reservation will never be needed”, said Raj Thackeray.
Narayan Rane supported Fadnvis
After the Maratha agitation on Wednesday, on the same night CM Fadnavis and Rane had held a meeting at the CM’s bungalow ‘Varsha’. After this meeting, Rane was asked to hold a meeting of the Maratha community leaders. Accordingly, he held a meeting and informed about the same in the press conference on Friday. Rane said, I met Maratha community leaders, we discussed about half an hour. I will put their stand in front of the chief minister.
Rane further said “I am going to request the Chief Minister should take such a stand that it would win the Maratha community’s trust. The agitation that is going on in the state is damaging the state and the Maratha community as well. That’s why I took the initiative to stop this agitation, someone needed to intervene in this matter. So I took an initiative. If the agitation stops, I feel the reservation issue will resolve faster. Rane has appealed to the agitators to maintain peace. He claimed that the state government is capable of giving reservation.
