Uddhav Thackeray writes to Governor on seeking OBCs’ data from Centre

The Maharashtra CM also informed Bhagat Singh Koshyari that the State government had requested the State Election Commission to postpone by-polls for seats in local bodies which fell vacant following the Supreme Court verdict of scrapping political reservation for OBCs.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday asked Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to join his government in seeking empirical data on OBCs from the Central government, which is essential for maintaining political reservation for the community in local civic bodies. He also informed that the State government had requested the State Election Commission to postpone by-polls for seats in local bodies which fell vacant following the . “The State task force as well as various experts and medical institutions in the country have expressed the possibility of the spread of coronavirus, and the Central government too has issued guidelines to follow precaution. In case of these by-polls, the coronavirus spread may intensify and administration will come under tremendous stress. Therefore, the State government has requested the State Election Commission to postpone the election programme,” said Mr. Thackeray in his letter to Mr. Koshyari. This comes a week after Mr. Koshyari sent a letter to Mr. Thackeray, raising three issues presented to him by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation led by . The issues included, holding monsoon session of the State legislature for only two days, election of the Assembly Speaker and OBCs’ political reservation.