Mumbai : After the Supreme Court’s decision on the cancellation of OBC reservation in Maharashtra, the politics of the state has come to a boil. At the same time, apart from the leaders involved in Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi, the major opposition parties have turned to agitation regarding this issue.
The leaders of the Aghadi government and the BJP are blaming each other for the OBC reservation getting out of hand. On the other hand, Cabinet Minister Chhagan Bhujbal has said that now there is no option but to agitate for OBC reservation.
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Congress state president Nana Patole said that the state government had issued an ordinance regarding OBC reservation within 50 percent. Representatives of all the parties were present at that time. But a BJP worker was sent to the Supreme Court and the ordinance was deferred. On behalf of the central government, it has been said by giving an affidavit that we cannot give the imperial data. This is clearly a conspiracy of BJP and RSS to end OBC reservation.
elections should be held
The state government has only pointed fingers at the Center for the last two years. Had the Mahavikas Aghadi government actually made efforts for OBC reservation in these two years and compiled the imperial data, today would not have been the time to lose the OBC reservation. The state government should take the initiative to prepare the figures within the next three months. We will cooperate with them. My demand is that elections should be held only after the issue of OBC reservation is resolved.
Devendra Fadnavis, Leader of the Opposition
have no choice but to move
The Center did not have the data of OBC reservation, so what kind of data did Devendra Fadnavis demand from the Center at that time. At that time, the Center did not explain why the data was wrong. But now the Center is saying the same thing, now we don’t have the figures. I think now there is no option but to move.
Chhagan Bhujbal, Cabinet Minister
OBCs have suffered huge losses
The government’s ignorance, arrogance and gross disregard for the issue of OBC reservation has caused this setback. Now the local body elections should be postponed. The state government should convene an emergency session on OBC reservation. OBCs have suffered huge losses due to the Supreme Court’s decision.
– Pankaja Munde, former minister and BJP leader
Central government is lying
In the year 2016, the central government had said in Parliament that 98.47 percent of the data is correct. After that, now in the year 2021, the central government is saying that this data is wrong and it will not work. In such a situation, is the central government lying in the Supreme Court.
– Jitendra Awhad, Cabinet Minister