Sharad Pawar's interview with Raj received unprecedented traction in social and political circles last week

After getting slammed for advocating reservation in jobs, politics and education on the basis of economic backwardness, in his recent interview with MNS president Raj Thackeray, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar amended his viewpoint on the sensitive subject. He has now suggested that a new category of farmers could be created so that economically-deprived people get a much-needed quota without disturbing the current quota given to socially backward classes.