Muslim Quota Maharashtra

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday said he had held a meeting with the state minorities department minister and officials, and would raise the Muslim quota issue with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to find a road ahead.

Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik today said that there is no proposal before Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray yet regarding 5 percent reservations to Muslims in educational institutions in the Maharashtra.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said it would back the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government if the NCP and Congress tried to pressurise the Sena to grant Muslim quota by pulling out.

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray should not give "vague" replies on the 5 per cent Muslim quota issue and declare "with courage" that his government will not bring law granting reservation to the minority community.

There is no proposal on Muslim reservation before the Maharashtra government, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Tuesday.

Two days after a minister in the Maharashta coalition government said a new bill to give 5 per cent reservation for Muslims in educational institutions will be introduced in the state assembly soon, the Shiv Sena, another member of the alliance, denied any such proposal.

Congress-ruled Madhya Pradesh will come up with better "relaxations" for Muslims than Maharashtra, state's water resources minister Hukum Singh Karada said on Saturday. His comment came in response to the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government's reported plan to provide five per cent quota to Muslims in educational institutions.

Shortly after NCP leader and his cabinet colleague Nawab Malik stated that the Maharashtra government will provide five per cent quota to Muslims, senior minister Eknath Shinde said no such decision had been taken.

A new bill to give 5 per cent reservation to Muslims in educational institutions in Maharashtra will be introduced in the state assembly soon,a minister in the coalition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government said today.This bill will be tabled during the budget session of the Maharashtra assembly, Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik said today.

Latching onto BJP chief Amit Shah's remark that reservations cannot exceed 50 per cent, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar today said that the Maharashtra Chief Minister will have to show the "courage" to overrule Mr Shah while granting quota to the Marathas. He also batted for quota for the Muslims and questioned the BJP's stand that reservations could not ...

Inspired by the Maratha community's 'mook morcha' on quota issue, Muslims in Maharashtra's Latur and Ahmednagar on Tuesday turned up in huge numbers to stage a 'silent protest' demanding five per cent reservation in education and jobs.

The Maharashtra government today cleared the proposals for reserving 5 per cent seats in government jobs and educational institutions for Muslims and another 16 per cent for the Marathas.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday said he had held a meeting with the state minorities department minister and officials, and would raise the Muslim quota issue with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to find a road ahead.

Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik today said that there is no proposal before Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray yet regarding 5 percent reservations to Muslims in educational institutions in the Maharashtra.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said it would back the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government if the NCP and Congress tried to pressurise the Sena to grant Muslim quota by pulling out.

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray should not give "vague" replies on the 5 per cent Muslim quota issue and declare "with courage" that his government will not bring law granting reservation to the minority community.

There is no proposal on Muslim reservation before the Maharashtra government, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Tuesday.

Two days after a minister in the Maharashta coalition government said a new bill to give 5 per cent reservation for Muslims in educational institutions will be introduced in the state assembly soon, the Shiv Sena, another member of the alliance, denied any such proposal.

Congress-ruled Madhya Pradesh will come up with better "relaxations" for Muslims than Maharashtra, state's water resources minister Hukum Singh Karada said on Saturday. His comment came in response to the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government's reported plan to provide five per cent quota to Muslims in educational institutions.

Shortly after NCP leader and his cabinet colleague Nawab Malik stated that the Maharashtra government will provide five per cent quota to Muslims, senior minister Eknath Shinde said no such decision had been taken.

A new bill to give 5 per cent reservation to Muslims in educational institutions in Maharashtra will be introduced in the state assembly soon,a minister in the coalition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government said today.This bill will be tabled during the budget session of the Maharashtra assembly, Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik said today.

Latching onto BJP chief Amit Shah's remark that reservations cannot exceed 50 per cent, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar today said that the Maharashtra Chief Minister will have to show the "courage" to overrule Mr Shah while granting quota to the Marathas. He also batted for quota for the Muslims and questioned the BJP's stand that reservations could not ...

Inspired by the Maratha community's 'mook morcha' on quota issue, Muslims in Maharashtra's Latur and Ahmednagar on Tuesday turned up in huge numbers to stage a 'silent protest' demanding five per cent reservation in education and jobs.

The Maharashtra government today cleared the proposals for reserving 5 per cent seats in government jobs and educational institutions for Muslims and another 16 per cent for the Marathas.