NCP hits out at BJP over SC ruling on EWS quota for Maharashtra

Mumbai: “Hoodwinking” people by speaking lies is the BJP’s speciality, the NCP alleged Thursday after the Supreme Court ruled that 10 per cent EWS quota cannot be applied to PG medical courses in Maharashtra for 2019-20. State NCP president Jayant Patil also wondered how the state government failed before the apex court despite CM Devendra Fadnavis having studied every aspect of the issue in detail. “Hoodwinking people by speaking lies is BJP’s speciality! It is evident from the Supreme Court’s stay on reservations, first for Marathas and now the economically weaker sections in medical education. How come the government failed despite the chief minister studying every aspect in detail?” Patil said in a tweet posted in Marathi. The Supreme Court on Thursday said the 10 pc quota for the EWS cannot be applied to Post-Graduate medical courses in Maharashtra for the academic year 2019-20 as the admission process started long before the provision came into force.