Pune: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said on Saturday that there is a need to remove the 50 per cent cap on reservation so that the Maratha community can be given reservation. At the same time, he requested the Central Government (Modi Govt) to change the law for this, the senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) said that the Maratha community should get reservation but it should be done without tinkering with the existing reservation of other communities. . He was speaking at Shivneri Fort in Junnar tehsil of Pune district on the occasion of birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Maratha warrior ruler was born in this fort in 1630. On this occasion, Pawar said, “We all have the same opinion on giving reservation to the Maratha community. We (state government) had also constituted a commission for this purpose. The Bombay High Court had ruled in our favor but it was overruled by the Supreme Court.” “As there is a demand for Maratha reservation here in Maharashtra, in some other states other communities are also demanding reservation for themselves.
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Maratha community should get reservation but it should be done without disturbing the reservation of other community. There is a need to remove the 50 per cent cap on reservation and the central government should amend the law for the same.” About Alphonso mango grown in Junnar region, Pawar said, “The district planning committee has allocated Rs 27 lakh so that this variety of mango gets the Geographical Indication (GI) tag, which the local people have been demanding for a long time. are.”
In view of the corona virus epidemic, the state government has allowed only 500 people to participate in the program at the fort while only 200 people have been allowed to participate in the ‘Shiv Jyoti Run’. Maharashtra Tourism and Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray, Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil, Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat and other leaders also attended the programme. Sambhaji Chhatrapati, a descendant of Shivaji Maharaj and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, also briefly visited the fort. (agency)