‘I Didn’t Go To Meet Nawaz Sharif’: Uddhav Thackeray On Meeting PM Modi In Delhi
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on Tuesday.
Thackeray discussed various issues with the PM, including issues related to Maratha and OBC reservations, Metro car sheds and GST compensation.
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The CM was accompanied by his deputy Ajit Pawar and state minister Ashok Chavan during the meeting – the three leaders representing all three constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra.
Later, while answering a question during a press conference, the Maharashtra CM spoke about the relationship he shared with the PM. He said that the two may not be together as political friends, but that does not mean that the two do not share cordial relations.
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“I raised the issue of Maratha reservation,” said the Chief Minister, who went with his deputy Ajit Pawar and others. Cyclone Tauktae relief for Maharashtra was also discussed.
On his separate meeting with the PM, Mr Thackeray remarked: “We may not be politically together but that doesn’t mean our relationship has broken. Main koi Nawaz Sharif se nahi milne gaya tha (I didn’t go to meet former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif). So, if I meet him (the PM) separately in person, there is nothing wrong with it,” the Shiv Sena supremo said.
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Last month, Mr Thackeray wrote to the prime minister requesting him to take steps to declare the Maratha community a socially and educationally backward caste in the state so that they can claim reservation in education (12 per cent) and jobs (13 per cent).
The Supreme Court last week struck down the quota, calling it “unconstitutional”. A five-judge bench said the 2018 law for Maratha quota had pushed reservation over the current 50 per cent cap.
On May 31 the Maharashtra government extended EWS (economically weaker section) benefits – including 10 per cent reservation – to the Maratha community.
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