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Thane, Feb 22 (PTI) The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi and its leaders Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray were misleading citizens of Maharashtra about the Maratha quota bill passed unanimously in the state legislature on February 20, a spokesperson of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena said on Thursday.
The reservation is based on a report submitted to the state government on February 16, which stated that 21.22 per cent of Maratha families fall below the poverty line, exceeding the state's average of 17.4 per cent.
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