Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange and resolve the issue of reservation for the community.
Thackeray was speaking to reporters here, a day after Jarange launched an indefinite fast in Jalna district over the Maratha quota demand.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in his speech at his party’s Dussehra rally held in Mumbai vowed to provide reservation to the Maratha community by bowing before the bust of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on the dais.
Taking a dig at CM Shinde, Thackeray said making a vow and then resorting to delaying tactics was not a way out.
“The government should tell the Maratha quota protesters what is the way out. Why isn’t the government not resolving the issue if there is a way out?”
Thackeray asked.
“I welcome the prime minister, but he should meet Jarange and resolve the issue of granting reservation to the Maratha community,” the former Maharashtra CM said.
PM Modi is on a visit to Shirdi in Maharashtra. He performed puja at the revered Shri Saibaba Samadhi Temple in Shirdi and offered prayers. He later performed the ‘Jal Pujan’ of Nilwande dam, located in Ahmednagar district, and inaugurated the dam’s left bank canal network.