With an eye on the upcoming assembly elections, alliance partners Congress and NCP are working on a plan to tone down the anti-incumbency wave. Their first move involves offering 16 per cent reservation to the Marathas and 5 per cent reservation to the Muslims in jobs and education in government and semi-government sectors.

For this, the Congress-led Democratic Front government has been blamed for not doing their homework properly. Because, any decision on reservations should be based on proper study and must come from a constituted commission.