Maratha reservation: CM Shinde to attend cabinet sub-committee meeting today

The meeting of the Maharashtra Cabinet subcommittee on Maratha reservation is slated to take place on Monday at 12 pm the Chief Ministers Office informed reported news agency ANIMaharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will also attend the meeting the CMO addedEarlier on Saturday CM Eknath Shinde said that the state government was committed to providing reservations to the Maratha communitySpeaking on the Jalna incident where a clash broke out between police and protesters demanding reservation for the Maratha community Eknath Shinde said In November 2014 when the coalition government was in power under the leadership of then CM Devendra Fadnavis the government announced the Maratha reservation The High Court also upheld the Maratha reservation decision taken by the government But the Supreme Court took a different decision Everyone knows that this is due to someones negligenceThe issue of the Maratha Reservation is currently in the court The state government is fully prepared to fight this case in courtThere are some difficulties and the state government is trying to resolve themCM Eknath appealed to people to be careful of those who wanted to take political mileage from the situationI appeal to the Maratha community who have so far expressed their feelings very sensibly and calmly with folded hands to exercise restraint and not take the law into their hands he saidI had a conversation with the leader of this movement Jarange Patil Meetings were also held under my chairmanship regarding their demands Action was being taken by the government on their demands However the movement started even after that I had requested Jarange Patil to withdraw the agitation but the protest still continued Eknath Shinde saidHowever during protest time the condition of Jarange Patil deteriorated Collector and SP went there because they were worried about his condition the CM addedThey were requesting that Jarange Patil should be admitted to the hospital However this unfortunate incident happened at that time I have also ordered a highlevel inquiry into the incident Also I have given instructions to treat all the injured in this incident at the governments expense the CM saidEarlier on Friday a clash broke out between police and protesters in Jalna demanding reservation for the Marathas Police resorted to lathi charges to disperse the protestersWith inputs from ANI