September 22, 2024

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Maharashtra Congress calls for reservation for Muslims and Marathas

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A gathering of Maharashtra Congress’ parliamentary committee on Tuesday handed a decision in help of Muslim and Maratha reservation within the state. The Congress social gathering additionally took a stand that the Centre’s agricultural legal guidelines shouldn’t be enforced within the state.
The parliamentary committee assembly was chaired by Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole within the presence of the social gathering’s state in-charge HK Patil. Senior Congress leaders similar to ministers Babasaheb Thorat, Ashok Chavan, Prithviraj Chavan and Sushilkumar Shinde have been current on the assembly.
State President Nana Patole mentioned Congress is dedicated to the event of all communities within the state and the implementation of reservation for the Muslim neighborhood is a part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities’s program for the welfare of all communities. 
In addition to decision for Muslim reservations, the social gathering additionally handed resolutions demanding revocation of the farm legal guidelines handed by the Centre, creation of separate farm legal guidelines within the state, disbursement of funds for statutory boards within the state, and for the allocation of funds for OBCs, VJNT and different backward lessons.
Besides, the social gathering has zeroed in on varied different applications to strengthen the organisation. The social gathering determined to launch Sankalp Abhiyan, an outreach programme beneath which the state leaders will attain out to the voter base, in a bid to regain its previous glory. 
It was additionally determined within the parliamentary committee assembly that the social gathering will be a part of fingers with Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies — Shiv Sena and NCP —for the native physique polls topic to session with the native models of the social gathering. 
MVA alliance’s persistent push for Muslim reservations
Ever since Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance fashioned a authorities in Maharashtra, the alliance companions have been urgent to herald reservations for Muslims within the state. In January 2020, a month after Uddhav Thackeray turned the chief minister, a number of reviews surfaced stating that Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities is making ready to introduce reservations for Muslims within the state.
Then in February 2020, Minority Affairs minister Nawab Malik mentioned that the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities will quickly usher in an ordinance to increase the contentious 5 per cent reservations for Muslims throughout instructional institutes within the state. He had then additionally assured the State Legislative Council of taking ‘appropriate action’ on this regard earlier than the start of the upcoming educational yr and admissions course of