NCP-SCP chief Sharad Pawar addressed the issue of Maratha reservation on Friday, emphasising the need for a legal amendment to increase the current reservation cap from 50 per cent to 75 per cent.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched an attack on the Congress party, reviving the "urban naxal" accusation and saying that while Congress claims it will restore Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir (J-K), it has never said that it will reclaim Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
In his address, the Vice President also praised the recently enacted Women Reservation Bill that mandates one third reservation is Parliament and State Legislatures.
Prakash Ambedkar has opposed granting Marathas reservation from the OBC quota, urging the government to address their demands separately without affecting OBC rights.
CM Saini's remarks come a day after Union Minister Amit Shah, speaking about Rahul Gandhi's visit, said that the Congress leader spoke of getting away with reservation.
Launching a scathing attack on Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party, BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday said that Congress and Rahul Gandhi's stance on SCs, STs and OBCs reservation policy is hypocritical and double-faced.
"Rahul Gandhi has said during his recent US visit that he will remove reservation. It is the same old tune that Rahul Gandhi's family has been saying since Nehru's time. Congress party ruled for 57 years in the country, but during its tenure it has misused the constitutional processes to ach
Former Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam criticised Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi for his recent remarks on the Sikh community and reservation in India during his US visit and demanded an apology in this regard.
BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Congress and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi and accused them for supporting the "anti-Indians" by saying "Congress Ka Haath, Bharat Virodhiyon Ke Saath."