chhatrapati sambhaji raje: Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje’s support to the Centre’s Amendment Bill, but said …

New Delhi: When the 127th Amendment Bill came up for discussion in the Rajya Sabha, we had asked the Speaker for an opportunity to speak on this Bill. However, we were not given a chance to speak on this bill. But as all the MPs wanted to hear my opinion on this bill, the Speaker allowed us to speak, said MP Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje. Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut also demanded that Sambhaji Raje be given a chance to speak at this time, this demand was finally accepted by the table chairpersons.

Reservation started from Maharashtra. His grandfather Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj was the first in the country to give 50 per cent reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs in jobs and education at that time. The first reservation was given in Kolhapur state. Bharat Ratna Babasaheb Ambedkar also took the same step and gave reservation to backward communities, said Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje.
Giving rights to the states does not mean that the backward community got reservation. Although the state government declared the Maratha community as SEBC (socially and educationally backward community), the state has already used 50 per cent of the reservation quota. As a result, the Supreme Court has ruled in the Indra Sahani case that reservations cannot be made beyond the 50 per cent limit unless there is an unusual situation in the state. Then how can such communities take advantage of reservation ?, was the question raised by Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje. In many states, there is a need to give additional reservation to various socially and educationally backward communities, said Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje.

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Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje suggested two reforms ….

1. The Central Government should take steps to increase the reservation limit to 50 per cent for those states which can prove to be socially backward.

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2. Although there is no Far Flung situation in some states, the decision in the Indra Sahani case was considered an extraordinary situation beyond the 50 per cent reservation limit. Yet the population in some societies may be excluded from the mainstream for exceptional reasons. This should allow the states to consider these criteria as extraordinary, said Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje.

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Sambhaji Raje thanked from the Facebook post

The 127th Amendment Bill will give back to the states the right to give reservation to a backward community. The bill was passed unanimously by MPs from all parties in the Lok Sabha. Even in the Rajya Sabha, everyone has supported it. I sincerely thank everyone and consider myself fortunate that I am not only a witness to this historic event, but also a part of the whole process. On this occasion, we were able to present the side of the Maratha community more strongly in Parliament … Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje said in a Facebook post.