The disclosure by Chhagan Bhujbal that he resigned as a minister final November has put a deal with the Maratha quota tightrope the Eknath Shinde-led authorities is strolling amid restlessness in OBCs, with Shiv Sena (UBT) claiming Bhujbal and BJP are hand in glove.
Hours after the dramatic announcement was made by Bhujbal, who belongs to the Ajit Pawar faction of NCP, at a public rally on Saturday, deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis mentioned his resignation has not been accepted.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will be capable to make clear, Fadnavis instructed reporters.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut dubbed Bhujbal’s disclosure about his resignation a ”hogwash”.
The Shiv Sena led by Shinde, BJP, and the NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) are the constituents of the Mahayuti authorities.
“Bhujbal claims he resigned from the Cabinet last year, but he attended subsequent meetings of the council of ministers,” Raut instructed reporters right here on Sunday.
“It is said that Devendra Fadnavis is behind Bhujbal’s outbursts against the handling of the Maratha quota agitation led by (activist) Manoj Jarange. Both are hand in glove. I will resign but you will not accept it or you resign and we will not accept it,” Raut claimed.
Bhujbal’s bªte noire and the face of Maratha protests, Manoj Jarange, on Sunday, mentioned the OBC chief was making an attempt to “damage” deputy CMs Fadnavis (BJP) and Ajit Pawar (NCP) along with his statements in regards to the Maratha reservation.
Bhujbal has accused the state authorities of facilitating “backdoor entry” of the Maratha group into the OBC quota by pandering to the calls for made by Jarange.
He has sharpened his assault towards the federal government after it issued a draft notification accepting Jarange’s demand that blood relations of Marathas with Kunbi (OBC sub-caste) data, can be given the Kunbi certificates.
Addressing a rally of OBCs in Ahmednagar on Saturday, Bhujbal referred to the calls for being raised by some leaders from the state authorities and the Opposition for sacking him as a minister in view of his public outbursts towards the dealing with of the Maratha reservation situation.
“I want to tell leaders from the opposition, government, and my party that ahead of the OBC Elgar rally held in Ambad on November 17, I resigned from the cabinet on November 16 and then went to attend that event. There is no need for sacking. I have tendered my resignation. I will fight for the OBCs till the end,” Bhujbal added.
He additionally mentioned he saved quiet for greater than two months as a result of the chief minister and the Dy CM requested him not to talk about the resignation.
Bhujbal reiterated that he was not against Marathas getting the reservation however is towards sharing the prevailing quota for the Different Backward Courses (OBCs).
Speaking to reporters, Fadnavis mentioned, “The chief minister will be able to clarify, but I can only say as of now that Bhujbal’s resignation has not been accepted by the chief minister or me.”
In the meantime, Sanjay Raut sought to know who has the authority to just accept Bhujbal’s resignation – Chief Minister Eknath Shinde or Deputy CM Fadnavis.
It has been a precedent that those that oppose the chief minister or the federal government don’t have any proper to be part of it, he claimed.
“We are of the view that all communities should get their rights but not at the cost of encroaching on others’ rights,” Raut mentioned, including that even Bhujbal says the identical.
Talking to reporters at Antarwali Sarati village in Jalna district, Jarange rubbished Bhujbal’s allegations that faux and overwritten data have been getting used to get the reservation for the Maratha group.
“He (Bhujbal) doesn’t understand anything. There is a law, a government, a committee and scholars working on this issue, but Bhujbal doubts his own government. He is trying to damage Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar,” the activist mentioned.
He additional claimed that it has turn into Bhujbal’s enterprise to wreck each social gathering he joins. “If he (Bhujbal) wants to resign, he should do it, but should not talk against Maratha reservation,” Jarange added.