Anti-reservation Protests

Bharat Bandh 5 March 2019: The nationwide shutdown has been called to secure forest rights to tribals, job security for ad hoc teachers and protest the anti-reservation policy of the central government.

As messages about Bharat Bandh began circulating on WhatsApp, the union home ministry asked states to be on alert. The call for shutdown, exactly a week after Dalit groups' country-wide strike and violence, appears to be a protest against caste-based reservation in jobs and education.

The Union home ministry has advised all states to strengthen security and check any possible violence after certain groups called for a Bharat Bandh today against caste-based reservation in jobs and education. While calls for the bandh are being circulated on social media, no group has yet come forward to make it official. The Home Ministry's advis...

National BJP leaders, including party chief Nitin Gadkari, faced protests today in Lucknow from anti-reservation activists who were carrying black flags and raised anti-BJP slogans.

Bharat Bandh 5 March 2019: The nationwide shutdown has been called to secure forest rights to tribals, job security for ad hoc teachers and protest the anti-reservation policy of the central government.

As messages about Bharat Bandh began circulating on WhatsApp, the union home ministry asked states to be on alert. The call for shutdown, exactly a week after Dalit groups' country-wide strike and violence, appears to be a protest against caste-based reservation in jobs and education.

The Union home ministry has advised all states to strengthen security and check any possible violence after certain groups called for a Bharat Bandh today against caste-based reservation in jobs and education. While calls for the bandh are being circulated on social media, no group has yet come forward to make it official. The Home Ministry's advis...

National BJP leaders, including party chief Nitin Gadkari, faced protests today in Lucknow from anti-reservation activists who were carrying black flags and raised anti-BJP slogans.