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The 50% quota barrier must be lifted in order to achieve Maratha reservation: Ajit Pawar
- by Webdesk
- 19 Feb 2022
Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister, said on Saturday that the Supreme Court-mandated 50% quota cap on the reservation must be removed in order for the Maratha community to be granted reservation, and urged the central government to modify the law to make this possible.
The Maratha community should be given reservation, but not at the expense of other communities' quotas, according to a top NCP leader. On the occasion of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's Birth Anniversary, he spoke at the Shivneri fort in Junnar Tehsil of Pune District. In 1630, the Maratha warrior king was born on this fort.
"We are all on the same page for the reservation of the Maratha community," Pawar stated at a meeting on the occasion. For that reason, we (the state administration) had also established a commission. The Bombay High Court had ruled in favour of the petition, but the Supreme Court had rejected it." Other communities are pursuing quotas in other states, much as there is a need for the Maratha reservation in Maharashtra.
In May of last year, the Supreme Court declared the Maharashtra law offering quotas to Marathas in admissions and government positions "unconstitutional," ruling that no special circumstances were justifying exceeding the Mandal verdict's 50% reservation ceiling.
"Rs 27 lakh has been granted by the District Planning Committee (DPC) so that this variety of mango, which is farmed in and around Shivneri, obtains the Geographical Indication (GI) tag, a long-pending demand of the local people," Pawar said of the Alphonso mangoes grown in the Junnar region.
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the state government only allowed 500 people to visit the fort's celebrations, and only 200 individuals to participate in the 'Shiv Jyoti Run.' The events were also attended by Maharashtra Tourism and Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray, Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil and Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat, among others. A descendant of Shivaji Maharaj, BJP MP Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati, also paid a brief visit to the fort.
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