BSP supremo Mayawati supports ‘Bharat Bandh’, targets BJP-Congress

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party has supported the Bharat Bandh called in protest against the Supreme Court order regarding SC-ST reservation. Mayawati announced support for the bandh on X. She targeted political parties like BJP and Congress. Mayawati has appealed to her workers to join Bharat Bandh in a disciplined and peaceful manner.

Mayawati said – ‘BSP’s support to Bharat Bandh, because of the anti-reservation conspiracy of parties like BJP and Congress and the collusion of making it ineffective and finally ending it, on 1 August 2024, there was anger and resentment among them against the decision of the Honorable Supreme Court regarding sub-categorization of SC/ST and creamy layer in them.’ She has appealed her party workers to submit a memorandum to the government under Bharat Bandh demanding abolition of changes in reservation through constitutional amendment etc. She has also appealed to the workers to join the bandh in a disciplined and peaceful manner without any violence.

Mayawati further wrote that ‘along with SC-ST, OBC community also got the constitutional right to reservation. This is the result of the continuous struggle of Bhimrao Ambedkar, whose inevitability and sensitivity should be understood by BJP, Congress and other parties and no one should play with it.’