Opposition slams MVA govt for not being serious

Minutes after Supreme Court adjourned the hearing on Martha reservation by four weeks, pro-reservation organisations and opposition have slammed the Maha Vikas Aghadi government for not being serious on lifting the stay and thereby restore the 12% quota in education and 13% in government jobs under the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, 2018. Some pro-quota activists in Aurangabad-Paithan hit the roads and burnt tyres to express their anger.

Rajya Sabha MP Sambhaji Raje lashed out at the state government for lack of proper planning and coordination in the legal team. Sambhaji Raje said the state government should have made all efforts to vacate the stay. However, he added it did not happen.

On the other hand, BJP state president Chandrakant Patil claimed that the state government lacks seriousness in the restoration of Maratha quota.

However, the Public Works Minister Ashok Chavan, who heads the cabinet sub-committee on Maratha quota said the state government has already requested the apex court to immediately set up a Constitution Bench to hear the application for cancellation of the interim stay on the implementation of the reservation.