03 November,2023 12:02 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Sanjat Raut (File Photo)
On Wednesday, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) MP Sanjay Raut stated that a constitutional amendment is required for the Maratha reservation and asked if the Modi government would bring any proposal related to the issue in the upcoming winter session.
Speaking about it, MP Sanjay Raut said, "For Maratha reservation, BJP leaders will have to take the initiative because PM Modi is the Prime Minister. Why do the BJP leader and Maharashtra CM not say anything on this to PM Modi? Will the Modi government bring any proposal related to this in the winter session in December? "
"If you want to give reservation then OBC and other communities should not face any setback. So the government will have to bring Constitutional amendments and for that, you will have to bring a proposal in the Parliament," said Sanjay Raut.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut alleged that the Maharashtra government did not want to take a decision on the Maratha Reservation before December 31 as it is the deadline for the Assembly Speaker to decide on the disqualification of 16 MLAs.
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On Friday morning, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde met with the Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil and assured him that a viable solution for the reservation was being worked on.
The Maratha activist agreed to call off his protest and gave the state two months' time to come good on its promise of reservation for the Maratha community.
After the meeting with Jarange Patil, CM Eknath Shinde said, "It might be the first incident in history for a justice (retired) to visit a fasting protest site to resolve the situation, Manoj Jarange Patil has given a two-month deadline of January 2. The government will seriously undertake steps to provide a judicially sustainable and legally viable solution that can pass scrutiny by courts for the Maratha community."
"Until now, 13,514 records have been found, which is significant. The Justice Shinde Committee has worked day and night. The committee has asked for an extension, which I have conveyed to Manoj Jarange-Patil. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar had decided that this issue should be resolved through discussions and dialogue." he added.
"We are also working on the curative petition in the Supreme Court. The committee of judges established by the state government yesterday is guiding the government and the commission based on the observations recorded by the Supreme Court when it cancelled the Maratha reservation earlier. The Backward Classes Commission will undertake the task of assessing how the Maratha community is backward. The government will work very seriously to provide judiciary-sustainable reservations to the Maratha community," CM Shinde further added.
(with inputs from ANI)
