Mayawati congratulates BSP workers on Bharat Bandh success
The BSP chief slammed Congress and the Samajwadi Party for their alleged indifference towards the issue which, she said, reflects their casteist mindset.
The BSP chief slammed Congress and the Samajwadi Party for their alleged indifference towards the issue which, she said, reflects their casteist mindset.
While markets, business establishments, schools, and offices functioned as usual, there was some disruption on highways in certain areas due to road blockades by protesters.
While the Congress extended moral support to the bandh, local business communities in Chhattisgarh were divided. The Bastar Chamber of Commerce supported the bandh but the Raipur Chamber of Commerce refrained from backing the protest.
Daily life across the state remained largely unaffected, with schools, offices, and businesses operating as usual.
Mayawati on Tuesday appealed to party workers to join the Bharat Bandh on Wednesday against the Supreme Court's decision on the sub-categorization in SC-ST reservation. Through this, the party hopes to get a political edge on the issue of reservation.
Meanwhile, the farm leaders will hold talk with Union ministers Piyush Goyal, Arjun Munda and Nityananad Rai, for the third time in a row, in Chandigarh
The All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) has called for a Bharat Bandh today demanding a caste-based census.
Banking services were partially affected in the country in response to a nationwide strike called for today and tomorrow by…
"We reserve our stand on supporting or opposing any bandh generally called by political parties, but this time is different. The three laws will rob the farmers of their land and livelihood and allow corporate to take over the agriculture sector and the system will hit the common people..."
The Bandh once again brought to fore the fissures among the political parties over the issue.
