<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde assured that the state government will use all its strength to ensure the legal validity of Maratha Reservation. Mr Shinde appealed to the Maratha community to maintain peace and restraint in the state.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnvis said that the government led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has unanimously approved the 10 percent reservation bill and paved the way for the Maratha community to get a reservation. Mr Fadnavis expressed that this reservation will not do injustice to other backward classes so that this new bill will maintain unity in OBC and Maratha communities.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Ramdas Athawale, Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, has welcomed the state government's initiative to allocate 10% reservation to the Maratha community without affecting the quotas reserved for SC, ST, and other backward classes.</span></p>