Overview

• He asserted that reservation is not a poverty eradication programme and opposed using economic status to determine eligibility.
• He objected to the state resolution enabling Marathwada Marathas with Kunbi records to obtain OBC certificates and appealed to Devendra Fadnavis to scrap or modify it.
• He said a petition will be filed soon in the Supreme Court challenging the government’s decision on Maratha reservation.
• He cited past commissions and court findings to argue Marathas are not socially backward and criticized Manoj Jarange-Patil’s quota agitation.
• His stance underscored divisions in the NCP, with Ajit Pawar and Supriya Sule expressing openness to economic criteria for reservation.