After a brief lull, Parth Pawar, grandnephew of NCP boss Sharad Pawar, is out to ruffle the political feathers yet again. He has stepped into the row over Maratha quota after a community student in Beed committed suicide fearing that he would not be able to pursue higher education in the absence of a quota. Parth appealed to the state government to solve the quota crisis saying, "The flame that Vivek (the suicide victim) has ignited in our minds can set the whole system ablaze".

'Will intervene'

Parth announced on Thursday that he would intervene in the Maratha reservation case, which is pending before the Supreme Court. His wake-up call raised eyebrows because his granduncle had recently taken a dig at the descendants of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaja, Sambhaji Raje Bhosale and Udayan Raje Bhosale, saying that since the two were from the BJP, they should get the quota issue resolved with the help of their party.