Via PTI
MUMBAI: Elections to native governing our bodies can also be held now with OBC quota in Maharashtra with the Best Courtroom giving its nod on Wednesday, deputy Leader Minister Devendra Fadnavis mentioned right here.
The state executive, on the other hand, has asked the State Election Fee (SEC) to not agenda elections right away as many portions of Maharashtra were suffering from heavy rains, the BJP chief advised journalists.
Previous, the apex court docket had put aside the quota for Different Backward Categories (OBCs) in native elections in Maharashtra for loss of empirical knowledge about their populations.
“The Best Courtroom nowadays approved the state backward elegance fee’s document for OBC reservation. It has given permission to allot OBC reservations as in line with the fee’s document,” Fadnavis claimed.
However the executive has asked the SEC to not announce recent dates for elections right away as many spaces are seriously suffering from heavy rains, he added.
Fadnavis, who was deputy CM after BJP supported revolt Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde for the executive minister’s put up ultimate month, accused the former Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) executive of losing time “pointing palms on the Union executive” over the problem.
“Once I mentioned that the backward elegance fee’s document can also be finalised (and submitted to the court docket), I used to be ridiculed.
However our executive has given solution to the critics via our motion,” Fadnavis mentioned.
Previous, the SEC had scheduled elections to 92 municipal councils and 4 nagar panchayats on August 18, however they had been postponed in view of the listening to within the SC on Wednesday.
When contacted, an legit of the State Election Fee mentioned they had been looking ahead to the court docket’s written order.
Fadnavis, in the meantime, additionally mentioned that some folks within the MVA executive, akin to NCP chief Chhagan Bhujbal, facilitated the fee’s paintings.
The Best Courtroom has no longer solved the issue totally for 3 of 4 districts and “we will be able to must take further selections to verify correct OBC reservation according to inhabitants in those districts,” he mentioned.
Shiv Sena president and previous leader minister Uddhav Thackeray mentioned he was once proud of the apex court docket’s determination.
“Everyone got here in combination and made efforts for restoring the reservation,” he added.
Chief of Opposition within the Meeting and NCP chief Ajit Pawar claimed that OBC reservation was once restored mainly for the reason that backward elegance fee was once shaped by way of the then MVA executive (consisting of NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena).
“It’s the victory of fair efforts of the MVA to safeguard OBC quota.
We succeeded in securing this victory with the reinforce of then leader minister Uddhav Thackeray and different cupboard colleagues,” Pawar mentioned.
Responding to Pawar’s remark, Fadnavis famous that the elections to a couple native our bodies had been held with out OBC quota, and requested whether or not “the opposition is able to take credit score for his or her missteps.
“The Best Courtroom on Wednesday directed the Maharashtra SEC and state government to verify the method for native our bodies’ election is commenced inside of two weeks.
MUMBAI: Elections to native governing our bodies can also be held now with OBC quota in Maharashtra with the Best Courtroom giving its nod on Wednesday, deputy Leader Minister Devendra Fadnavis mentioned right here.
The state executive, on the other hand, has asked the State Election Fee (SEC) to not agenda elections right away as many portions of Maharashtra were suffering from heavy rains, the BJP chief advised journalists.
Previous, the apex court docket had put aside the quota for Different Backward Categories (OBCs) in native elections in Maharashtra for loss of empirical knowledge about their populations.
“The Best Courtroom nowadays approved the state backward elegance fee’s document for OBC reservation. It has given permission to allot OBC reservations as in line with the fee’s document,” Fadnavis claimed.
However the executive has asked the SEC to not announce recent dates for elections right away as many spaces are seriously suffering from heavy rains, he added.
Fadnavis, who was deputy CM after BJP supported revolt Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde for the executive minister’s put up ultimate month, accused the former Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) executive of losing time “pointing palms on the Union executive” over the problem.
“Once I mentioned that the backward elegance fee’s document can also be finalised (and submitted to the court docket), I used to be ridiculed.
However our executive has given solution to the critics via our motion,” Fadnavis mentioned.
Previous, the SEC had scheduled elections to 92 municipal councils and 4 nagar panchayats on August 18, however they had been postponed in view of the listening to within the SC on Wednesday.
When contacted, an legit of the State Election Fee mentioned they had been looking ahead to the court docket’s written order.
Fadnavis, in the meantime, additionally mentioned that some folks within the MVA executive, akin to NCP chief Chhagan Bhujbal, facilitated the fee’s paintings.
The Best Courtroom has no longer solved the issue totally for 3 of 4 districts and “we will be able to must take further selections to verify correct OBC reservation according to inhabitants in those districts,” he mentioned.
Shiv Sena president and previous leader minister Uddhav Thackeray mentioned he was once proud of the apex court docket’s determination.
“Everyone got here in combination and made efforts for restoring the reservation,” he added.
Chief of Opposition within the Meeting and NCP chief Ajit Pawar claimed that OBC reservation was once restored mainly for the reason that backward elegance fee was once shaped by way of the then MVA executive (consisting of NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena).
“It’s the victory of fair efforts of the MVA to safeguard OBC quota.
We succeeded in securing this victory with the reinforce of then leader minister Uddhav Thackeray and different cupboard colleagues,” Pawar mentioned.
Responding to Pawar’s remark, Fadnavis famous that the elections to a couple native our bodies had been held with out OBC quota, and requested whether or not “the opposition is able to take credit score for his or her missteps.
“The Best Courtroom on Wednesday directed the Maharashtra SEC and state government to verify the method for native our bodies’ election is commenced inside of two weeks.
