Uddhav pins hopes on PM to resolve Maratha quota
After a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said the Centre is expected to take positive decisions on issues like Maratha, OBC reservation.
Briefing media persons at the Maharashtra Sadan after the meeting, Thackeray said, “There was a lot of discussion. The Prime Minister listened to all the issues seriously. The Centre is expected to take positive decisions on pending issues. I thank the Prime Minister. There was no political obsession anywhere. We are satisfied with the meeting. The Prime Minister will definitely take further action on these questions.”
Earlier on Tuesday, a delegation of the Maharashtra Government
led by Thackeray met the Prime Minister at his residence in New Delhi. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Public Works Minister Ashok Chavan were also present on the occasion. The meeting was held to sort out the pending issues of Maharashtra at the Centre.
According to the Maharashtra Government, the issues discussed at the meeting with Prime Minister included Maratha reservation, political reservation of other backward classes in Panchayat Raj elections, reservation of backward classes in the promotion and the availability of space at Kanjurmarg for Metro Car Shed.
Last month, Uddhav Thackeray had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to take steps to declare the Maratha community in the state as Socially and Educationally Backward (SEBC) to enable them to claim at least to 12 per cent and 13 per cent reservation in education and public employment respectively.
Maratha reservation and political reservation of OBCs in Panchayat Raj polls were some of the issues discussed during meeting with Prime Minister