Even because the BJP staged a state-wide agitation on Saturday demanding reservation for OBCs in political our bodies, senior NCP chief and state minister Chhagan Bhujbal slammed former chief minister and BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis from the OBC neighborhood. urged to steer.
BJP leaders led by Fadnavis are opposing the conversion of OBC seats to normal class within the native physique elections.
“It doesn’t matter which party the leader belongs to. We welcome all those who will ensure justice for the OBC community. Devendra Fadnavis can lead the OBC community. He should take full credit for getting reservation for the community… but he should protect our reservation,” Bhujbal stated at a two-day ‘chintan shivar’ of OBC leaders from completely different events to be held at Lonavala in Pune district. Bhujbal stated that he had additionally proposed to Fadnavis over the cellphone.
Congress minister Vijay Wadettiwar, Congress chief Manikrao Thackeray and former minister Annasaheb Dange and different OBC leaders had been current on the event.
Bhujbal stated, “In 2016 the empirical information collected throughout the nation was handed over to the central authorities. Modi authorities was in energy then. In 2019, Fadnavis himself had sought empirical information from NITI Aayog. Even Pankaja Munde had requested for the information, nevertheless it was denied.
Bhujbal stated that although the MVA authorities has been in energy for one-and-a-half years, most of its time is dedicated to tackling the Covid-19 pandemic. “In this situation it is not possible to collect data from door to door. Even the 2021 census of the central government has not started yet. Those who have data of OBC community are not ready to share it. Since the BJP is in power at the Centre, I have offered Devendra Fadnavis to lead the OBC community. They should ask for data from the central government. He can claim credit for OBC reservation but ensure that the reservation of OBC community is secured,” he stated.
Stating that he helps reservation for the Maratha neighborhood as effectively, Bhujbal stated, “However, it should be given without affecting the OBC reservation.”
Meanwhile, in Pimpri, BJP nationwide secretary Pankaja Munde and celebration’s Pimpri-Chinchwad unit president Mahesh Landge had been taken into custody by the police after they together with different celebration leaders staged a ‘chakka jam’ agitation on the Pune-Mumbai freeway. . Saturday. He was later launched.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
