Maharashtra CM Thackeray Calls State Cabinet Meet To Discuss OBC Reservation Issue

Earlier on Thursday, the state government decided to explore legal options to restore the political quota of the OBCs.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. (Getty Images)

New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will chair a meeting of the state cabinet this evening during which they are likely to discuss the OBC reservation issue.

Thackeray will chair the state cabinet meeting today at 6 p.m., ANI reported.

Earlier on Thursday, the state government decided to explore legal options to restore the political quota of the OBCs.

An official said the state cabinet during its meeting held at the Vidhan Bhavan premises in Mumbai discussed in detail the decision of the apex court, which noted that the report has been prepared without empirical study and research.

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“The cabinet decided that the government will explore legal options to restore the quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in local body polls. The cabinet also decided to write to the State Election Commission (SEC) not to hold these elections till any decision on restoring reservation for the community is taken,” the official said, PTI reported.

Earlier on Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected the Maharashtra State Backward Classes Commission’s interim report recommending the restoration of 27 percent reservation for the OBCs in the local body polls.

The apex court also asked the state government and the State Election Commission not to act on the commission’s recommendations.

Earlier last year, the apex court had last year stayed the 27 percent quota for OBCs in the local body polls.

The apex court had then asked the government to set up a commission to conduct empirical inquiry into the nature and implications of backwardness and specify the proportion of reservation required.