CM promises 4% quota for Muslims, seeks win for MVA

Pointing out that Telangana is already providing four per cent reservation for Muslims, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said that a decision will be taken on providing a four per cent quota for Muslims in Maharashtra if Maha Vikas Aghadi comes to power.
He said that they had initially provided five per cent reservations for Muslims. However, providing a five per cent quota led to breaching of the 50 per cent limit for quotas set by the Supreme Court, Revanth said.
Addressing the media at Pune during the Assembly election campaign in Maharashtra on Monday, Revanth said that reservations will be provided legally for Muslims. He said that it is the Congress’s responsibility to ensure justice for the poor and the matter will be discussed after the formation of the Maha Aghadi Vikas government in Maharashtra.
He said that in Telangana during a recruitment drive for 11,000 teachers, 720 Muslims were hired as per the quota for them.
At a recent election rally in Maharashtra, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that a group of Muslim scholars had met Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and demanded 10 per cent reservation for the community and that Congress had agreed to the demand. He said that if reservations are given to Muslims, the reservations for SCs, STs, and OBCs will have to be cut.
“Rahul Baba, not only you, but even if four generations of your family try, you cannot cut the quota for SCs, STs, and OBCs and give it to Muslims,” Amit Shah said. Revanth Reddy’s statement is creating ripples in Maharashtra Assembly elections in the context of Amit Shah’s statement.