“Maratha quota problem shouldn’t be linked to the Indira Sawhney case by which the SC dominated that reservations shouldn’t exceed 50 %. This choice needs to be reconsidered.
“The Maratha quota case is being heard by a five- member bench, which can not overrule the decision of a nine- member bench,” the Congress chief advised reporters.
In addition to capping total reservations, the Supreme Courtroom in Indira Sawhney vs Union of India additionally laid down that financial backwardness alone cannot be a criterion for quota.
The apex court docket has stayed the 16 per cent quota for Marathas in schooling and jobs in Maharashtra. If the quota comes into impact, the whole reservation within the state will exceed 50 per cent.
Chavan, a senior Congress chief, additionally demanded that as within the case of reservations in Tamil Nadu (which exceeded 50 per cent), the Union authorities ought to intervene and provides “constitutional safety” to the Maratha quota.
“If the Maratha quota is upheld, the problem of reservation in a number of different states shall be resolved,” Chavan stated.
He’ll requestChief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to write down to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on this problem, he added.
Because the listening to within the Supreme Courtroom will start from January 25, the cupboard sub-committee will maintain a gathering with the state’s authorized workforce in Delhi on January 11, he stated.
On the problem of ally Shiv Sena’s demand to rename Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, Chavan stated it is needs to be mentioned by the coordination committee of the coalition.
“All events have completely different views on the problem. When Atal Bihari Vajpayee was prime minister, he had stated Ram Mandir (in Ayodhya) was his authorities’s precedence however we (the BJP) do not have majority (and due to this fact cannot pursue the matter),” the Congress chief stated.
