Maharashtra BJP MLA Slams Fadnavis Government For Not Providing Reservation To Muslims

Unhappy BJP MLA Ashish Deshmukh has criticised the Maharashtra government for not providing reservations to Muslims, Press Trust of India has reported.

He went all guns blazing against the BJP government while addressing a function at Katol in Nagpur district. He also blamed the government for the community’s lack of literacy and quality education.

Financial Express quoted him as saying, “There is an urgent need for Muslim reservation. It will allow the community to progress if they get reservations in jobs and education.”

In 2014, the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) government issued an ordinance announcing a five per cent quota in jobs for the community.

He called for support from intellectuals and prominent Muslims to come together to demand reservation. He compared the situation of Muslims to Dalits and said that Dalits are doing much better than Muslims.

Deshmukh said that the government has turned a blind eye towards the reports produced by the Sachar Committee and Rangnath Commission which recommended quota for Muslims.

“The Maharashtra government should immediately provide reservation to the Muslim community so that they can progress socially, economically, educationally, politically, and culturally,” he added.