Marathas shouldn’t get reservation from existing OBC quota: Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal

_{Maharashtra cabinet minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Saturday reiterated his stand that the Maratha community should not be given reservation in the existing quota for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).}

_{The senior NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) leader was speaking at the `OBC Elgar’ rally here.}

_{“We are not opposed to reservation for the Maratha community, but don’t give that reservation from the OBC quota. Give a separate reservation to the Marathas,” he added.}

_{New commissions were being set up to study the issue even though the Supreme Court has rejected the Maratha community’s claim to quota, he said.}

_{Bhujbal also criticised Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange for his planned agitation in Mumbai.}

_{“They have been saying that we will come to Mumbai with three crore people. The government is trying to give a separate reservation for the Maratha community, then why the agitation is moving to Mumbai?” he asked.}

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