Maratha quota: Cannot welcome SC verdict, says Uddhav Thackeray
The Hindu
‘We now request the President and Prime Minister with folded hands to take a decision and ensure reservation to the Maratha community,’ says the Maharashtra Chief Minister.
As the Supreme Court giving reservation to the Maratha community in jobs and education, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said that he could not welcome the verdict as the court had scrapped the law “unanimously passed by the sovereign State legislature”. “The court in its verdict has said that State has no right to give reservation and it stands only with Prime Minister and President. Since we have been guided by the apex court, we now request both with folded hands to take a decision and ensure reservation to the Maratha community,” said Mr. Thackeray. He said that the Central governments in the past had been proactive in cases like Shahbano and Article 370 and, therefore, it was time to show urgency in the case of Maratha reservation also.More Related News