Mumbai:

In a scathing assault on Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Maratha quota agitation chief Manoj Jarange Patil at present accused the BJP chief of hatching a plot to disclaim quota advantages to members of the group. Chatting with the media, Mr Patil at present threatened to start a march to Mr Fadnavis’ house.

“Fadnavis has taken a choice with out taking (Chief Minister Eknath) Shinde within the loop. All the pieces is going on on his instructions, he’s operating the state. Does Fadnavis need me to sacrifice myself? I wil march to his bungalow. Cease me should you can,” mentioned Mr Patil, who hit headlines for his starvation strike in demand of reservation for Marathas.

The Maharashtra Meeting final week handed a decision to supply quota advantages to the politically-influential group that accounts for practically 30 per cent of the state’s inhabitants.

Mr Patil has, nevertheless, mentioned the brand new regulation just isn’t in keeping with their demand. “We’d like reservation which we deserve, give reservation below OBC class to these whose proof of being Kunbi has been discovered. For many who haven’t got proof, move a regulation of ‘Sage Soyare’,” Mr Patil mentioned after the Invoice cleared the Meeting. The quota agitation chief is demanding advantages for blood relations of members of the Kunbi sub-caste amongst Marathas. The Kunbis get pleasure from reservation inside the OBC class.

In the course of the agitation, Mr Patil had demanded that each one members of Maratha group be thought of Kunbi and given reservations below the OBC Quota, however the state authorities determined that solely individuals with Nizam-era Kunbi certificates will get the advantages.

“Fadnavis is attempting to create a rift inside the Maratha group. Makes an attempt are being made to complete massive communities and provides extra prominence to smaller communities,” he alleged.

Mr Patil mentioned he’s not affiliated to any political get together. “I’m a farmer’s son. I can’t spare Fadnavis. Makes an attempt are being made to complete off the Maratha group and defame me. Fadnavis will probably be wiped off. I’ll make sure that kin (of Marathas) get quota advantages,” he mentioned.

The laws introduced by the Eknath Shinde authorities is the third try in a decade to supply reservation advantages to the Maratha group. The sooner two makes an attempt in the course of the tenure of Congress’s Prithviraj Chavan and Mr Fadnavis had been struck down by courts.

A key issue behind the setbacks to the sooner legal guidelines was the truth that it took the quantum of complete reservation previous the 50 per cent ceiling fastened by the Supreme Courtroom.

The Opposition has warned that the laws could not ultimately clear the judicial check.

Veteran chief Sharad Pawar has mentioned it’s just like the one introduced by the Devendra Fadnavis authorities. “We have to see what occurs to the contemporary invoice within the Supreme Courtroom,” he has mentioned. State Congress chief Nana Patole has slammed the BJP for bringing the regulation simply earlier than the elections. “These kind of legal guidelines had been introduced two occasions, however they had been scrapped and put in a bin within the Supreme Courtroom. In 2019, they did for the profitable elections and now additionally they did for the elections. They need to take the credit score for this. This won’t work as a result of it’s achieved just for the election to get the votes of the Maratha group,” the Congress chief has mentioned.

The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) has welcomed the laws however added that “nothing will be mentioned” until it’s applied. Taking a swipe at his estranged lieutenant Eknath Shinde, Mr Thackeray mentioned, “Everybody is aware of the historical past of CM (Shinde). Subsequently, until the time no matter he has mentioned is applied, nothing will be mentioned.”