On Sunday, Maratha leader and Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) member of Parliament (MP) Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati, a descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj will launch the community’s agitation for reservation in education and government jobs.

Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati will attend a function at Raigad Fort in the Mahad area of Raigad district of Maharashtra on the occasion of the coronation day anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj today.

Earlier in May, he gave an ultimatum to the Maha Vikas Aghadi government and raised several demands- review and curative petitions in the Supreme Court against its order to scrap the quota, along with a petition to the Centre for the reservation.

The demands also included- benefits for community’s students such as hostel facilities and scholarships and revival of Pune-based SARTHI to ensure educational and social well-being of the Maratha youth.

The Supreme Court on May 5 struck down the Maharashtra law granting quota to the Maratha community in education and government jobs, saying it was “unconstitutional”. The top court said people from the community can’t be declared educationally and socially backward just to bring them in the reserved category.