Quota issue: Maratha students try to meet CM, thwarted by cops
With the Supreme Court upholding the high court verdict that quota for Marathas will not be applicable in post-graduate medical in 2019-20, some affected students tried meeting Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at his official residence here, but were stopped by the police.
They were asked to hold to hold a protest at the Azad Maidan in South Mumbai to highlight their demands.
Around 250 students, who had got admission to post- graduate medical courses under the Socially & Economically Backward Class (SEBC) quota. However, the SC recently upheld the verdict of Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court that the SEBC quota for Marathas will not be applicable for post-graduation (PG) medical and dental courses.
These students say that as the other ways of seeking admission, such as entrance exams- have already got over, these students are afrid of losing their academic year.
The Maharashtra government has announced that it would bear the entire educational cost of one year, if ...