Maha: BJP's Chandrakant Patil attacks Sena on Muslim quota

Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil on Saturday hit out at the Shiv Sena on the issue of 5 per cent reservations to the Muslim community in education.

Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik had, on Friday, announced in the Legislative Council that the Uddhav Thackeray government had proposed to provide five per cent reservation to Muslims in educational institutes.

Patil said the Narendra Modi government at the Centre had provided 10 per cent reservation for economically backward classes in the general category, which included Muslims.

"So what is the need to provide separate 5 per cent reservation for Muslims. The state government has given this reservation despite there being no provision for it in the Constitution," he said at a meeting of BJP workers here.

"The Shiv Sena has no Hindutva left in it. It is sharing the stage with the Congress whose leaders have called Veer Savarkar a rapist," he added.

Speaking on the upcoming local body polls, Patil asked BJP workers to come up with innovative ideas that would benefit people.

"Like, in Kolhapur, we implemented innovative schemes. We can provide e-buses, mall for women entrepreneurs, or a cup of tea for Re 1," he said.