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Separate Maratha quota will pass legal test: CM; it will not, says Jarange
Updated On: 21 February, 2024 06:48 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore
Activist reinstates demand for Kunbi certificate for the blood relatives of Marathas who already have certification, which will give them a share in the OBC quota, adding he will take call on fresh protests today
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Chief Minister Eknath Shinde surrounded by ministers after the special session on Maratha reservation at Vidhan Bhavan on February 20. Pic/Atul Kamble
While Chief Minister Eknath Shinde told the Assembly he is confident that the separate 10 per cent Maratha quota, a bill for which was passed on Tuesday, will stand the test of law, community leader Manoj Jarange Patil has already expressed his displeasure and doubled down on his demand for reservations strictly inside the OBC net. Quota for Marathas has been struck down twice by the courts, and Jarange fears the Shinde bill will face the same fate. The law to give the Maratha community a separate quota of 10 per cent in education and jobs was unanimously passed by the Maharashtra legislature a law on Tuesday. This is the third such attempt since 2014; the courts had rejected similar legislation twice before.
Following intense protests led by a low-profile Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil, who hardly called shots six months ago, a special one-day sitting of the legislature was called on Tuesday ahead of the budget session. Tabled by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the draft bill was approved unanimously without a debate in both houses. An independent category—the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC)—has been created for Marathas, thus taking overall reservations in Maharashtra beyond a permissible 50 per cent.
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