Vikram Mishra, Lucknow. UP News: A call for Bharat Bandh (21 August Bharat Bandh 2024) has been given today on 21 August regarding the Supreme Court’s decision on SC-ST reservation. Many parties including Bahujan Samaj Party, Bhim Army have supported Bharat Bandh. Regarding Bharat Bandh, BSP supremo Mayawati said that the movement should be carried out in a peaceful manner.
Mayawati alleged that a conspiracy is being hatched to end reservation. She said in a post on X, “BSP supports Bharat Bandh because there is anger and resentment against the Supreme Court’s decision regarding sub-classification of SC/ST and creamy layer in them on 1 August 2024 due to the conspiracy of BJP and Congress and their collusion to finally end reservation by making it ineffective.”
He said, “Regarding this, the people of these classes have given a memorandum to the government today under the ‘Bharat Bandh’ and have made a strong demand to abolish the changes made in reservation through constitutional amendment, etc., which an appeal is made to be done in a disciplined and peaceful manner without any violence.”
Mayawati said, “The constitutional right to reservation given to the OBC community along with SC-ST is the result of the continuous struggle of Baba Saheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, the true messiah of these classes. The BJP, Congress and other parties should understand its necessity and sensitivity and should not play with it.”
3. The constitutional right of reservation given to OBC community along with SC-ST is the result of the continuous struggle of Baba Saheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, the true messiah of these classes. The BJP, Congress and other parties should understand its necessity and sensitivity and should not play with it.
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) August 21, 2024
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Let us tell you that after almost 8 years, Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party will come out on the streets on Wednesday to show its strength. BSP supremo Mayawati has appealed to the party workers to join the Bharat Bandh in protest against the Supreme Court’s decision of sub-classification in SC/ST reservation.
BSP hopes to get a new lease of life
Mayawati has been attacking other parties for a long time over the Supreme Court’s decision and their silence on sub-categorization in reservation. Mayawati’s bet seems to be absolutely correct, because BSP has decided to protest on the streets over the court’s decision to bring its core voters back to its side. If political analysts are to be believed, this decision of BSP and Mayawati is expected to revive the party.
BSP protest in 2016
Let us tell you that BSP, which mostly stays away from protests and agitations, wants to send a message to its core voters through this demonstration that the party still stands with its people with full strength. It is worth noting that in the year 2016, BSP had taken to the streets to protest against the indecent remarks made by Dayashankar Singh, a minister in the BJP government and the then vice-president of the BJP, on Mayawati.