Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar on Thursday announce that his party will support the Maharashtra bandh called by some Maratha outfits on October 10 over the reservation issue.
Ambedkar said since the VBA has already extended support to the Maratha reservation, it has decided to support the bandh.
While extending support, the VBA has categorically maintained that the Maratha quota and reservation for OBCs are two different things, he said.
"We have conveyed to Suresh Patil of Maratha Arakshan Samiti that these two reservations, Maratha and OBC, will remain different and no demand should be made seeking reservation for Maratha community by touching OBC's share," Ambedkar said.
On September 9, the Supreme Court directed that no quota will be granted to people of the Maratha community in education and jobs in the state this year and referred the hearing on a batch of plea challenging the constitutional validity of a Maharashtra law granting Maratha reservation in education and jobs to a larger bench.