Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: State rural development minister Girish Mahajan, who was part of the state government delegation that negotiated with quota activist Manoj Jarange and got more time for the implementation of Maratha reservation, said it is impossible to grant blanket reservation to the entire community. Refusing to comment directly on meeting the mutually agreed-upon deadline of December 24 to grant reservation, Mahajan had said: We intend to give a legally foolproof reservation.We would not simply give the Maratha a piece of paper, like the Congress government did under the Gadhe committee, which the courts then scrapped. We need to get an order from the Supreme Court giving reservation to the Marathas, and we are prepared for that.Mahajan added: CM and both the deputy CMs are personally paying attention to Jaranges demands. I feel, we had made it clear earlier that his demand of blanket reservation for the Marathas was not feasible. On four occasions that I met him (as a part of the delegation), I told him that it would be impossible to give reservation to the entire community. Reservation would be given based on the Kunbi certificates dug out from the records. Under what law could we be giving reservation to the entire Maratha community?Everyone close to Jarange — including all the intellectuals, professors, principals, vice-chancellors, subject experts, Justice Shinde and Justice Gaikwad — after working on this issue has come to the conclusion that it is not possible to give blanket reservation. It is only through the petition currently pending before the Supreme Court, that we could find a way. We intend to give complete and lasting reservation to the Maratha community. This is what the CM has said repeatedly, Mahajan said. We also published the following articles recentlyWithdraw cases, give quota on time or face Marathas: JarangeActivist Manoj Jarange urges government to withdraw cases against Maratha community members, demands reservation by December 24. Jarange criticizes food and civil supplies minister Chhagan Bhujbal for spreading caste-based discrimination. Questions arrests of community members and invocation of section 144 of CrPc in Latur district. Warns government of consequences if reservation demand is not met. Decides to gather in Mumbai on December 17 to decide future course of agitation.NCP leader threatens protests like Marathas and Dhangars if Muslims not given 5% reservationNCP leader Saleem Sarang warns that the Muslim community will take to the streets like the Marathas and Dhangars if the state government does not restore the 5% quota in education. The Muslim community has been demanding the implementation of the Bombay High Court order that allows for the 5% quota in education. Sarang has sought appointments with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar to discuss these issues. He also emphasizes the importance of teaching Arabic in Urdu schools to increase employability in Gulf countries.Gyanvapi case: Court reserves order on ASI plea seeking extensionVaranasi district judge reserves order on Archaeological Survey of Indias plea for more time to submit survey report of Gyanvapi mosque complex. The court is expected to deliver the order on Thursday. Meanwhile, the court fixes Thursday for hearing the plea of advocate Vijay Shankar Rastogi to be a party in the suit filed by the head priest of Acharya Ved Vyas Peeth temple. The plea seeks appointment of a receiver of the cellar in the Gyanvapi mosque. Arguments have been completed, and the court had reserved its order on November 8.

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