MVA lacked will power to restore OBC quota in court but we succeeded: Maha Dy CM Fadnavis

The new state government submitted a report of empirical data to the Supreme Court and succeeded in restoring the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the new state government, in which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the main constituent, succeeded in restoring the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota by submitting a report of empirical data in the Supreme Court.

Addressing the BJP state executive at Panvel near Mumbai, Fadnavis alleged that the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government lacked the willpower to get the OBC reservation restored.

"Modi sainiks and Shiv sainiks will take Maharashtra to greater heights," he said.

He took a veiled dig at Sanjay Raut saying the Shiv Sena MP has a huge role to play in toppling the MVA government.

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While the new government of BJP and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has the willpower, the previous MVA government lacked the same, he said.

"As soon as we assumed power, we got the report of a dedicated OBC commission on empirical data, submitted it in the court and got the OBC quota restored. Wheres in the last two-and-a-half years, the MVA government did nothing except point fingers at the Centre," Fadnavis said.