Maratha quota | ‘We do not want BJP to stir the cauldron further’

With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), sensing a chance to nook the ruling Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities over the Maratha quota imbroglio, deciding to be part of quota agitation, coordinators of the Maratha outfits are cautious of the saffron celebration’s participation.

Plenty of neighborhood leaders are fretting that the BJP’s participation might give an unwarranted political twist to the quota drama and derail the neighborhood’s efforts to safe reservation.

Maratha chief from Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maruti Bhapkar, has stated as a substitute of planning future agitations, the leaders should attempt to use their affect with the Centre to be certain that the neighborhood will get justice.

“We do not want their protests against the ruling MVA at this stage…after the Supreme Court’s disappointing verdict, the onus now clearly is on the BJP-ruled Centre to convince the apex court and ensure that the Marathas get reservation. So, the State BJP leadership would do better to use their influence to get the Centre to throw their weight behind this problem,” Mr. Bhapkar stated.

He rued that until now, the reservation situation had been sacrificed at the altar of regional energy politics.

“The problem is political parties are hungry to take credit…our agitations for reservations have already cost the lives of 42 youth. They are extremely demoralised by the Supreme Court’s verdict. We do not want the BJP to stir the cauldron further,” stated Mr. Bhapkar, who was earlier related to each the Shiv Sena and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

He urged Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, think about a neighborhood strongman, to actively look into this situation.

“Despite being such a tall community leader, Mr. Pawar’s behaviour over the issue has been guarded to the point of insensitivity. As the architect of the MVA alliance, he has an obligation to resolve this matter…a dark cloud hangs over the future of lakhs of poor Maratha youth as a result of the court’s judgment. It is time politicians stop using the community to seek political mileage,” Mr. Bhapkar stated, observing that the solely plan of action now was to kind out the situation in a authorized method slightly than resorting to avenue protests.

Vinod Patil, a coordinator of the “Maratha Kranti Morcha” which has been spearheading the quota agitation, stated a assessment petition had already been filed by him in the Apex courtroom difficult the majority view of the Constitution Bench that solely the Centre, and not the State, had the energy underneath the 102nd Constitution Amendment to establish and listing the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes.

“Now that the Centre has come into the picture, it should not sit on the fence but take an active part in resolving this issue. Furthermore, State BJP leaders must follow the matter up with the Centre and support the State government instead of indulging in slanging matches with them,” he stated.

On Tuesday, parallel conferences have been held on the situation by each the Cabinet sub-committee on the quota situation headed by Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Ashok Chavan and the Oppistion BJP, during which State leaders together with Devendra Fadnavis and Chandrakant Patil, participated.

The State authorities has already appointed a seven-member committee headed by former Chief Justice Dilip Bhosale to research the Supreme Court order on the reservation. His report is anticipated to be submitted by the finish of this month after which the State authorities would resolve the future plan of action.