The Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Part (NCP) Minister and OBC leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Friday said that the Maharashtra government has opened a Pandora's box by issuing Maratha quota government resolution (GR), reported the PTI.

Bhujbal criticised the Maharashtra government’s decision to accept quota activist Manoj Jarange's demand to implement the Hyderabad Gazetteer in order to grant Kunbi caste certificates to members of the Maratha community, thereby enabling them to claim reservation benefits.

Chhagan Bhujbal, who has been opposing reservation to Marathas under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category, alleged that the word "eligible" has been removed from the new GR on quota.