Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has supported the one-day Bharat Bandh called on Wednesday over community-based reservation. He said that ‘public movements’ rein in the ‘unbridled government’. In a post on Instagram, Akhilesh wrote that Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar had already warned that the Constitution will be effective only when the intentions of those implementing
Various organizations across the country have called for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ today i.e. on 21st August against the Supreme Court’s decision on creamy layer in Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) reservation. Many opposition parties have also supported this ‘Bharat Bandh’. But different opinions are being seen on this issue even in the NDA.
Currently, Scheduled Castes (SC) get 15% reservation and Scheduled Tribes (ST) get 7.5% reservation in the country. After the decision of the Supreme Court, only within this 22.5% reservation for SC and ST castes, the state governments will be able to decide a separate quota for the weaker sections of SC and ST. Suppose in