New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Tuesday morning. Uddhav Thackeray was accompanied by Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and Cabinet minister Ashok Chavan.
Speaking in regards to the assembly, Thackeray stated the meet was “private” and not political in nature, stressing that he had good relations with the prime minister. “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 Nawaz Sharif),” Thackeray stated.
CM Thackeray additional acknowledged, “We’d require 12 cr doses to inoculate 6 cr people twice, in 18-44 yrs group. We tried but couldn’t do it as there wasn’t adequate & steady supply. Thankful to PM for centralising vaccine procurement. I hope everyone in India is vaccinated soon.”
A report in ANI acknowledged that Thackeray had final month written to PM Modi to take steps to declare the Maratha group within the state as Socially and Educationally Backward (SEBC) to allow them to say the reservation in schooling and public employment no less than to 12 per cent and 13 per cent respectively.
After the ten Minutes assembly, Ajit Pawar held a press convention on Tuesday and stated that they mentioned the Maratha Reservation with PM Modi because the Supreme Court squashed a 2018 regulation offering reservation to the Maratha group in jobs and schooling within the state and stated that the facility lies within the palms of the Centre.
The Maharashtra Deputy Chief Ministers advised reporters that in the course of the assembly with PM Modi, CM Thackeray mentioned points just like the Maratha quota, OBC reservation, monetary support for cyclone Tauktae aid measures, and GST refund, and Covid vaccinnation amongst others.
After the assembly, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope stated, “A delegation of Maharashtra govt met PM Modi today. 8-10 issues, including Maratha reservation, were discussed in the meeting. We hope that the vaccination process will be further quickened after today’s meeting with PM Modi.”
On May 31 the Maharashtra authorities prolonged EWS (economically weaker part) advantages – together with 10 per cent reservation – to the Maratha group,
Reservation was given to Marathas in 2018 by the Devendra Fadnavis authorities.
The Bombay High Court upheld the quota however its choice was paused by the Supreme Court.
