Mumbai: Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar meet Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde

Deputy Chief Ministers of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday met Chief Minister Eknath Shinde reported news agency ANIAjit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis were spotted leaving Chief Minister Eknath Shindes residence early this morning reported ANIThe meeting was held amid the current protests in the state over the demand of reservation for the Maratha community in education and jobsAlthough the Maharashtra government issued an apology on Monday for the lathi charge on protestors in Jalna the opposition has been pressurizing the government on the issue demanding Shindes resignationLathicharge by police was not right I am apologising on behalf of the Government CM has said that the action will be taken against those who are responsible for it said Deputy Chief Minister Devendra FadnavisShiva Sena UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray had yesterday taken a jibe at the Maharashtra governmentI had gone to Jalna to meet protestersThis state government is shamelessThey have brutally beaten everyone including womenNow they are not taking responsibility and playing the blame game This government is sending the message that if anyone protests for justice we will break their head Thackeray saidOn September 2 Thackeray had visited Jalna and appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give reservations to Marathas during the special session of Parliament to be held on September 18The meeting of the Maharashtra Cabinet subcommittee on Maratha Reservation was held on Monday to discuss the issue of the Maratha reservation and lathi charge on protestors Both Shinde and deputy chief ministers Pawar and Fadnavis were present at the meetingOn Friday a clash had broken out between police and protesters in Jalna who were demanding reservation for the Marathas Police had resorted to a lathi charge to disperse the protestersMeanwhile Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly Vijay Wadettiwar on Tuesday said a separate quota can be created for Marathas and maintained that he is against sharing the existing reservation for Other Backward Classes OBCs with the Maratha communitySpeaking to reporters in Nagpur Wadettiwar said he was not opposed to the idea of increasing the overall quota ceiling to accommodate the Maratha communityHe also accused the state government of being selective in acting against police officers in Jalna in the wake of a lathicharge by police last week on protesters seeking Maratha quotaWith inputs from ANI and PTI