Marathas No Longer Want Mere Promises On Reservation: Top BJP Leader
NDTV
She urged the state government not to make the Maratha and Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities quarrel between themselves.
BJP national secretary Pankaja Munde on Saturday said the Maratha community wants concrete action over reservation and not mere promises, and urged the Maharashtra government to hold positive talks with the quota protesters to resolve the stalemate. The former Maharashtra minister was talking to reporters here on the sidelines of her 'Shivshakti Parikrama Yatra'.
"The Maharashtra government can take a decision on Maratha reservation. It has a plan about how much reservation can be allotted to which community. It should hold discussions with protesters with confidence and courage and try to provide reservation to the Maratha community," she said.
"If they don't want to go above the 50 per cent quota cap, then a major decision will have to be taken at the national level. The central government's problems on this front are different. It faces a similar situation in many states. It will do what it can as per the Constitution," Ms Munde said.