Maharashtra govt hits out at BJP over Centre’s OBC affidavit in Supreme Court docket

The Maharashtra BJP on Thursday was placed on the backfoot after the Centre, in an affidavit within the Supreme Court docket, mentioned it couldn’t share the Socio Financial Caste Census 2011 as the info was ‘flawed’ and ‘not usable’. MVA ministers mentioned that the Centre’s affidavit proves that the BJP doesn’t need the OBC neighborhood to get any profit.

“All today we have been being criticised, however now it’s clear that the Centre has washed its fingers off the difficulty,” deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar mentioned reacting to the Centre’s affidavit. The Maha Vikas Aghadi has been dealing with stress from the BJP ever because the Supreme Court docket quashed a state authorities resolution to provide OBCs political quota for native physique polls.

The Supreme Court docket held that the state couldn’t cross the 50% quota restrict to OBCs. It additionally wanted to kind a Backward Class Fee that may, with the assistance of empirical information, justify that OBCs wanted the quota. Minister for Different Backward Class Vijay Wadettiwar mentioned the true colors of the BJP have been revealed which was ‘anti-OBC’ . Meals and Civil Provides Minister Chaggan Bhujbal, additionally an OBC chief, mentioned: “If the Centre will not be in a position to give empirical information, then how can the state give the info.”

The BJP nonetheless has claimed that the MVA ministers have gotten the affidavit improper. “The Centre has not spoken in regards to the empirical information however in regards to the census information. This has been already made clear in Thursday’s assembly with the chief minister,” opposition chief Devendra Fadnavis mentioned.

In the meantime, governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Thursday gave his assent to an ordinance by the state authorities to provide OBCs illustration in native physique polls inside the 50% restrict.