Uddhav Thackeray and Shivraj Singh Chauhan will meet to discuss the OBC quota issue: Report
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Shivraj Singh Chauhan, the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, and Uddhava Thackeray, the chief minister of Maharashtra, are seeking a collaborative approach to review the Supreme Court’s judgement on the OBC quota for local body elections in both states.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court directed the MP SEC to commence the election process for 23,400 local governments that are not subject to the OBC reservation. Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court ordered the Maharashtra State Election Commission to issue schedules for local body elections within two weeks. Senior ministers stated that the chief ministers of both states are expected to work together to tackle the problem of backward class reservation in local body elections. The Maharashtra state cabinet discussed the subject on Wednesday.
Uddhav Thackeray, the Maharashtra chief minister, stated that he is willing to discuss the issue with his MP counterpart, Shivraj Singh Chauhan. Following the Maharashtra cabinet meeting, State Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad expressed concern that the OBC quota decision for Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh could be applied across the country, effectively “removing 54 per cent of the population from the mainstream.” The decision was reached to hold local body elections across the country without the OBC quota.
According to Jitendra Awhad, this means that 54 per cent of the country’s population would be excluded from the mainstream, and it is a choice that will halt the country’s progress. Another minister revealed that Uddhav Thackeray was scheduled to meet with the MP CM to discuss how to ensure the OBC quota. The two chief ministers may meet to discuss the collection of empirical data and the legal actions that must be taken at the Supreme Court to address the issue. On the other hand, MP CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan met with Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in Delhi on Wednesday to examine the legal options for ensuring OBC reservations in local body elections.
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