Mumbai: Amid BJP’s repeated attack on the Maha Vikas Aghadi government for not becoming critical about the restoration of Maratha reservation, Public Work Minister Ashok Chavan on Tuesday asked the saffron celebration to cease working with Goebbels techniques to mislead the folks by providing incorrect info. Chavan, who heads the cabinet sub-committee on Maratha quota, in his reply to the debate on supplementary demands in the state assembly stated if BJP is critical about the restoration of Maratha quota, it must cease criticising the government and as an alternative assistance the government in the Supreme Court.
He stated the BJP must cooperate with the state government as an alternative of politicizing sensitive concerns like Maratha reservation. He reminded opposition parties supported the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act 2018 by the BJP government proposing Maratha quota and it was unanimously passed in the state legislature.
“While passing this law, the then Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had stated that we are creating a ‘foolproof’ law that will stand in court. If the Maratha quota has been stayed by the Supreme Court even soon after the arguments of the lawyers appointed by the BJP government, must we shift the duty to Fadnavis?’’ asked Chavan.
BJP stages stroll out
The BJP-led opposition parties on Tuesday staged a stroll out of the Legislative Council on the situation of Maratha reservation.
The leader of opposition Pravin Darekar stated, “This government is running away from questions. Maratha students are protesting at Azad Maidan, we wanted to raise the question in the House but we were not allowed. So, we walked out in protest.”
“The Maharashtra government does not seem to be serious about Maratha reservation. It should put all its efforts in the Supreme Court for the Maratha Reservation. The government should also take care that OBC reservations remain intact and unchanged,” he stated.
Earlier in the day, BJP held a protest on the methods of Vidhan Bhavan more than numerous concerns like girls security and Maratha reservation.