Govt 50% honest, no clarity in CM’s words on 2 key points; agitation on cards: Jarange Patil

The activist said that from the CM’s statement it was clear that the government intended to give cent per cent reservation to Marathas. ”The government today sounded honest. It intends to grant a quota to Marathas, and their blood relatives, based on 54 lakh Kunbi records it has found. By December 24, it should grant the reservation to all Marathas. If it does not do so by December 24, we will announce our agitation that day itself,” he said.

Seeking clarification from the government, Jarange-Patil said,”The CM today said relatives of those whose Kunbi records belonging to the period before 1967 have been found will also be given reservation. But what criteria will be applied to blood relatives? On what basis will you give them reservation? Are you going to pass a law for this? How will you establish the relationship ? Are you going to put conditions, and if so, what will those conditions be? Whatever the government wishes to do, it should do before December 24.

Jarange Patil said they are not concerned about the session that the government has convened. ”The government has said it will convene a special session after the report of the State Backward Class Commission is received. We are not concerned with it. Because we believe that reservation given on the basis of the commission’s report will not stand the scrutiny of the Supreme Court. The reason is that the reservation will go beyond 50 per cent, and again Marathas will be betrayed,” he said.