The Reservation Bachao Sangharsh Samiti from Rajasthan, Dalit and Adivasi organisations from various other states observed a Bharat Bandh (nationwide strike) on Wednesday to protest the Supreme Court’s verdict on the sub-classification of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes across states in India on Aug 1.
A bench of the apex court led by CJI DY Chandrachud, in a 6:1 ruling, advocated for “effective representation” of the oppressed in public services and permitted the states to carve out “the more disadvantaged” from the larger group of Scheduled Castes.
This verdict overturned the 2004 decision in E V Chinnaiah v State of Andhra Pradesh, in which the SC/ST had been listed as a “homogenous group.”
Dalit and Adivasi groups pan India and the Reservation Bachao Sangharsh Samiti of Rajasthan called for a strike against this ruling. The Bahujan Samaj Party, Samajwadi Party, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, and the Rashtriya Janata Dal lend credence to the cause citing dissatisfaction of SC and STs
The Reservation Bachao Sangharsh Samiti from Rajasthan, Dalit and Adivasi organisations from various other states observed a Bharat Bandh (nationwide strike) on Wednesday to protest the Supreme Court’s verdict on the sub-classification of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes across states in India on Aug 1.
A bench of the apex court led by CJI DY Chandrachud, in a 6:1 ruling, advocated for “effective representation” of the oppressed in public services and permitted the states to carve out “the more disadvantaged” from the larger group of Scheduled Castes.
This verdict overturned the 2004 decision in E V Chinnaiah v State of Andhra Pradesh, in which the SC/ST had been listed as a “homogenous group.”
Dalit and Adivasi groups pan India and the Reservation Bachao Sangharsh Samiti of Rajasthan called for a strike against this ruling. The Bahujan Samaj Party, Samajwadi Party, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, and the Rashtriya Janata Dal lend credence to the cause citing dissatisfaction of SC and STs.
BSP's Maywati reacts to the bandh Taking to X, the national president of the BSP, Mayawati, announced that her party completely endorsed the bandh as “there is anger and resentment against the Supreme Court's August 1 decision regarding the sub-classification of SC/ST and the creamy layer among them”.According to Maywati, the BJP and the Congress have conspired against the reservation system, which they want to make “ineffective and eventually end”.“In this regard, the people of these classes will submit a memorandum to the government today as part of the Bharat Bandh and strongly demand that the changes made in reservation be abolished through a constitutional amendment,” Mayawati added.
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