Maratha reservation: BJP MP Sambhajiraje-led delegation meets President
The Hindu
We urged him to request Centre to raise 50% cap, says Sambhaji Chhatrapati
Expressing satisfaction that President Ram Nath Kovind had granted a “patient hearing” on the Maratha quota issue, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and Kolhapur royal Sambhaji Chhatrapati, who led a delegation of Maharashtra MPs on Thursday to meet the President, said they had urged Mr. Kovind to request the Centre to lift the cap on the 50% reservation limit. Speaking to reporters after the meeting in New Delhi, Mr. Sambhajiraje — a direct descendant of the Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji and the beloved social reformer Rajashri Shahu Maharaj — said as the Supreme Court, while scrapping the Maratha quota law in May had upheld the 1992 Indra Sawhney verdict, which meant that the 50% reservation limit in a State remained.More Related News