Devendra Fadnavis Blames MVA Govt Over SC’s Verdict On Maratha Reservation
Mumbai: Following the Supreme Court struck down the Maratha community reservation in government jobs and educational institutions on Wednesday, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis alleged that the Mahagathbandhan (MVA) rose to the top as a result of lack of coordination between the government and its allies.
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Giving information to reporters in Nagpur, Fadnavis said, “The reservation was valid in the High Court and the law was passed. The case went to the Supreme Court. We had then argued before the bench of the Chief Justice that he had not granted the stay and the law had been upheld. Today’s result is sad. Sometimes there is no lawyer, sometimes there is no coordination … Therefore, the law was postponed. The matter went to a larger bench when there was no co-ordination in presenting its role to the present government.”
“The Supreme Court rules that the law is never suspended, a direct verdict is given, but due to the lack of equality of this government, the law was postponed. Translated documents were also not given to the Supreme Court. The report of the Gaikwad Commission was not one-sided. It was a report made after examining all the aspects, documents were attached,” he said.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister alleged that the state government could not convince the Supreme Court and it must form a committee for the next battle.
“There are many things we cannot convince the court. Things we can convince in the High Court and later in the Chief Justice’s bench, we could not present in the larger bench. We have not been able to convince the court that we have just made the amendment. We demand that the state government should form a committee for the next battle. This government has not been able to take a proper stand on the issue of OBC reservation in this court,” Fadnavis said.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for the Maratha community brought in by the Maharashtra government in 2018, saying it exceeded the 50 per cent cap imposed earlier.
A five-judge Constitution Bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, L Nageswara Rao, S Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta and Ravindra Bhat in its judgment said that that people from the Maratha community cannot be declared as educationally and socially backward community to bring them within the reserved category.
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