At a time when protests are being held in Maharashtra for the restoration of quotas for Marathas in jobs and education and OBCs in local bodies, a Congress leader on Tuesday demanded that 5 per cent reservation be granted to the Muslim community in education, which he claimed had been approved by the Maha Vikas Aghadi of the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress.

He also recalled the assurance given by state minority affairs minister Nawab Malik of NCP last year on the issue. Senior leader Naseem Khan, deputy president of Maharashtra Congress unit, has written to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat stating that the then Congress-NCP government had provided 5 per cent reservation to Muslims in jobs and education in 2014.