The scrapping of the Maratha quota could be a major setback for the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could use the unrest in the influential community against the ruling coalition, said political experts. Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray will write to President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting them to take a decision on Maratha reservation. “The central government will have to think of making an amendment to increase reservation quota from 50% and above to grant reservation to the Maratha community. The other option is that the state government can make Maratha community part of OBC category to grant reservation,” he said. State minister Ashok Chavan, who heads the cabinet sub-committee on Maratha reservation, said then chief minister Devendra Fadnavis misled the people on quota issues by passing it without due right.

Source: Hindustan Times May 05, 2021 10:27 UTC