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Mumbai: The anger and disappointment that erupted among the Maratha community against the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government after the Supreme Court struck down a reservation for the Maratha community in education and government jobs.
Chandrakant Patil, State President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) blamed the Thackeray government for failing to present the case properly in front of the Supreme Court (SC).
“Because of the Thackeray government’s attitude on the Maratha reservation issue, the SC has scrapped the quota law. The Fadnavis government had worked so hard to get past the quota law in the State Legislature,” said Patil. He blamed that there is darkness in the future of Maratha youth as a result of this MVA government.
BJP Rajya Sabha Member Chhatrapati Sambhajiraje said that the State government was now left with only one option which was to immediately announce a supernumerary quota for the community.
“While this is an extremely disappointing moment for us, I would not like to point fingers at any particular government, past or present. The erstwhile Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP government had tried hard and had passed the Maratha quota law in the State Legislature. The present Thackeray government, too, tried its best, but regrettably failed to convince the Apex court. I feel that the supernumerary quota method is the only alternative left,” he said.
At the same time, Chhatrapati Sambhajiraje appealed to the Maratha community to show restraint and not take to the streets in the wake of the deadly second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The court made it clear in its judgement that people from the Maratha community cannot be declared as an educationally and socially backward community to bring them within the reserved category.
Shiv Sangram chief Vinayak Mete demanded the resignation of Congress Minister Ashok Chavan who headed the cabinet sub-committee on the Maratha reservation issue.
Mete warned that the Marathas will not remain silent, they will take to the streets.
Maratha Kranti Morcha leader Dilip Patil demanded the resignations of both CM Uddhav Thackeray and Ashok Chavan.
“The State government has failed on its strategy to ensure that the quota law stuck in the Supreme Court. On what basis has the SC rejected the inclusion of the community in the socially backward category when 35-40% of the community’s members are economically underprivileged. We are awaiting the detailed court order and will then plan our future course of action,” Patil said.
