Mumbai: While there are ongoing debates regarding reservations in the state, a pleasant news has emerged. In 2018, the then Devendra Fadnavis government provided reservations for orphaned children for the first time in the country. Orphaned and destitute children were often excluded from various government benefits due to a lack of caste certificates after leaving institutional care. To enable orphaned children to avail themselves of various benefits from the state government, 1 percent parallel reservation was implemented in education and employment from the open category. Ashwin Agavane has become the first lawyer in the country to benefit from this reservation. He expressed his gratitude towards Fadnavis by posting on the platform X. In response to this post, Devendra Fadnavis also shared his opinion.
What is Ashwin Agavane’s post?
Ashwin Agavane posted on the social media platform X thanking the then BJP government. “Today, the result of my final year LL.B. was declared, and availing the benefits of orphan reservation, I became the first orphan lawyer in the country. In 2018, Maharashtra was the first state in the country to provide reservations for orphans. Thank you to former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, former Minister for Women and Child Development Pankaja Munde, and Shrikant Bharati,” wrote Ashwin Agavane in his post.
I had the opportunity to make the decision of giving reservations to orphans, and many benefited from it.
Maharashtra was the first state to take the decision to provide reservations to orphans.
Now, we have also decided to provide free education to orphans.
Ashwin Agavane completed his law education with hard work and determination… https://t.co/FdM4IHyJcu— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) July 27, 2024
Devendra Fadnavis also responded
In response to Ashwin’s post, Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis shared his thoughts. “I had the opportunity to make the decision of giving reservations to orphans, and many benefited from it. Maharashtra was the first state to take the decision to provide reservations to orphans. Now, we have also decided to provide free education to orphans. Ashwin Agavane completed his law education with great effort and determination, and he could become the first lawyer in the country benefiting from this category. He was a professor, and now he has also become an advocate. Heartfelt congratulations to this son of Maharashtra and my best wishes for his future endeavors. I will tell Ashwin one thing: always rush to help those who receive no assistance from anywhere. That is true service to God. That is true service to humanity, and that is true service to the nation,” Fadnavis stated.
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