Cabinet should decide on Maratha quota: Sambhaji
The Free Press Journal|September 24, 2024
RESERVATION - The former MP was speaking to reporters at Antarwali Sarati, in Jalna district, after meeting Manoj Jarange
Cabinet should decide on Maratha quota: Sambhaji

Former Rajya Sabha member Sambhaji Chhatrapati on Monday said the Maharashtra government should decide on the Maratha reservation demand in the cabinet meeting today.

The opposition parties should also question the state government on how it will provide the reservation, said the Maratha royal, who formed the 'Swarajya' outfit in 2022.

The former MP, a descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was speaking to reporters at Antarwali Sarati village in Jalna district where he met activist Manoj Jarange, who is sitting on a hunger strike for the sixth time since Sep 16 midnight over the Maratha quota demand.

In February this year, the Maharashtra legislature passed a bill providing 10% reservation for the Maratha community in education and government jobs. But Jarange is insisting on the inclusion of Marathas in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category.

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