Mumbai :- There is a consensus on granting reservation to the Maratha community, and all parties in the State are prepared to work together to ensure reservation is legally sustainable. However, it was emphasized that no one should take the law into their own hands and the peace, law and order of the state should be maintained. This appeal was made during an all-party meeting held at Sahyadri Guest House.
It was also decided in the meeting that Shri. Manoj Jarange Patil, who is fasting in support of the efforts, should cooperate and end his fast. The meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, former Chief Ministers (and senior leaders) Sharad Pawar and Ashok Chavan and Cabinet Ministers Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Chandrakant Patil, Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse-Patil, Girish Mahajan, Dadaji Bhuse, opposition leader in the Legislative Council Ambadas Danve, opposition leader in the Legislative Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar, and representatives from various parties including Jayant Patil, Nana Patole, Sunil Tatkare, Anil Parab, Sunil Prabhu, Ashish Shelar, Rajesh Tope, Sadabhau Khot, Jogendra Kawade, Sulekha Kumbhare, Bachchu Kadu, Jayant Patil (PWP), Raju Patil, Kapil Patil, Sadabhau Khot, Rajendra Gawai, Dr. Prashant Ingale, Kumar Sushil, Balkrishna Lengare and others.
Chief Secretary Manoj Saunik, Advocate General Birendra Saraf, Social Justice Secretary Sumant Bhanage and other senior officers were also present.
It was stated that legal action regarding the Maratha reservation should be taken as soon as possible. However, it requires time, which should be understood by the protesters. We strongly condemn the violent incidents that have taken place and are taking place in the state. An appeal has been made to ensure that no one takes the law into their own hands and that peace law and order in the State are maintained.
Immediate implementation of Kunbi Certificates – Chief Minister Eknath Shinde
During this time, Chief Minister Shri. Shinde informed about the decisions taken in the cabinet meeting on the Maratha reservation. He said that the government is primarily focused on maintaining uninterrupted law and order, and it’s essential to maintain harmony among different castes in Maharashtra. The aim is to provide reservations to the Maratha community, and all parties and organizations should explain this matter to their workers. On the one hand, we are firmly presenting the state government’s stance in the Supreme Court through the curative petition. For this, an advisory committee under the chairmanship of Adv. Dilip Bhosale has been appointed. On the other hand, we have also instructed the Backward Class Commission to provide empirical data without any mistakes.
Will provide reservation to Marathas by rectifying previous mistakes
The Supreme Court had previously canceled the Maratha reservation due to certain reasons and errors. Now, all precautions are being taken to ensure that such errors do not recur while collecting new data. With these steps, we are confident that the Maratha community will receive sustainable reservations in court. After the cabinet meeting yesterday, an immediate government order was issued in this regard, and all district collectors and tehsildars have been instructed to issue certificates to those registered as Kunbis immediately. Instructions have also been given to translate documents into Modi script and Urdu language, digitize them, bring them into the public domain, and issue Kunbi caste certificates based on them.
At this time, Deputy Chief Minister Shri. Fadnavis also said that utmost efforts will be made to justify the backwardness of the Maratha community through judicial processes and the state Backward Class Commission will provide complete data without errors within the stipulated time frame.
Advocate General Birendra Saraf also provided information about the judicial process. Initially, the Social Justice Department Secretary Shri. Bhange provided information about the proceedings done by Adv. Sandeep Shinde’s committee to date. Instructions have also been given to all district collectors and tehsildars to issue certificates to those registered as Kunbis.
At the meeting, the opposition leader in the Legislative Council, Danve, the opposition leader in the Legislative Assembly, Wadettiwar and representatives of other present parties also shared their views.
