Mumbai, Feb. 20 -- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Waris Pathan slammed the Maharashtra government over its decision to cancel an earlier Government Resolution (GR) granting 5 per cent reservation to the Muslim community, alleging that the BJP-led dispensation was "anti-Muslim" and "anti-minority."

Reacting to the move on Thursday, Pathan said, "This shows that the BJP government is anti-Muslim, anti-minority... Before 2014, when the Congress was in power, it issued an ordinance for 5% reservation. It was also their fault that the law was not finalised. The matter went to the High Court. The High Court said that Muslims should be given 5% reservation in education. When I was an MLA, I raised this issue in every sess...