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Legal Issue, Will Check: Minister On Ordinance Route For Maratha Quota

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Bringing an ordinance to give quota benefit to the Maratha community is a legal issue and the Maha Vikas Aghadi government will take a look into it, said Maharashtra minister and state Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat on Monday.

His comments come in the wake of NCP chief Sharad Pawar last week suggesting the ordinance route after the Supreme Court, on Wednesday, stayed the implementation of a 2018 law granting reservation to the Maratha community in education and jobs in the state.

"It is a legal issue. We will check it," Mr Thorat told reporters, adding the state government had approached the court "well-prepared".