All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Waris Pathan on Friday criticised the Maharashtra government for cancelling an earlier government resolution (GR) granting 5 per cent reservation to the Muslim community, alleging that the BJP-led dispensation was "anti-Muslim" and "anti-minority", news agency ANI reported.

"This shows that the BJP government is anti-Muslim, anti-minority... Before 2014, when the Congress was in power, it issued an ordinance for a 5 per cent reservation. It was also their fault that the law was not finalised. The matter went to the High Court. The High Court said that Muslims should be given a 5 per cent reservation in education. When I was an MLA, I raised this issue in every session... but the government did not give it. The BJP government rejected this reservation ordinance. I strongly condemn this... This shows the government's thinking that it is an anti-Muslim government...," said Pathan.