‘Party MPs must meet PM & seek Centre’s support’

Chavan appealed to the central government to take a positive stand in the Supreme Court on constitutional and judicial issues related to the 50% reservation limit envisaged in the Indra Sawhney case

Hours af ter the Constitution Bench adjourned the hearing on the Maratha quota case to February 5, the Maharashtra Public Work Minister Ashok Chavan, who heads the cabinet sub-committee, reiterated that all party members of the parliament (MPs) should meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to seek the central government’s cooperation in arguing the state government’s case and take similar cases together for hearing. Chavan, last week, had met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, who had also supported his suggestions to seek the PM’s intervention in the case. As reported by the Free Press Journal, Chavan appealed to the central government to take a positive stand in the Supreme Court on constitutional and judicial issues related to the 50 per cent reservation limit envisaged in the Indra Sawhney case and the effect of the 102nd Constitutional Amendment on the rights of the state governments.