Amid the Maratha quota agitation in Mumbai, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged that the governments of Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde had granted reservation to the Maratha community, however, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) regime, headed by Uddhav Thackeray, failed to retain it.

In an address to the media, BJP`s State Media Head Nawanath Ban also demanded that that the MVA, which is currently in opposition in Maharashtra, must clarify if the Maratha community should get separate quota or be included in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category.