Bharat Bandh jo Dalit aur Adivasi groups ne Supreme Court ke recent SC/ST sub-classification verdict ke khilaf bulaya tha, uska response desh ke alag-alag hisso mein mixed raha. Kuch regions mein major disruptions dekhe gaye, jabki kuch jagah par impact minimal raha.
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Bihar mein, bandh ne kuch districts mein traffic ko briefly disrupt kiya. Protesters ne Darbhanga aur Buxar railway stations per train movements ko affect kiya, jisse police ko lathi-charge karna pada. Patna, Hajipur, Darbhanga, Jehanabad, aur Begusarai districts mein roads, including national highways, block ho gaye. Independent MP Rajesh Ranjan (Pappu Yadav) ne NDA government ko criticize kiya ki wo SC/ST reservations ko undermine kar rahi hai.
Bandh ke bawajood, police constable recruitment exams scheduled time per hue, aur state government ne candidates ke liye transportation ensure kiya. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) aur INDIA bloc ke anya partners ne bandh ko support kiya.
Jharkhand mein bandh ne partial disruptions kiye, public buses road par nahi chal rahi thi aur schools kuch areas mein closed the, including Ranchi. Chief Minister Hemant Soren ne Palamu ki visit cancel kar di. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress, aur RJD ki ruling alliance ne bandh ko support kiya, lekin impact varied raha, aur security ko badhawa diya gaya taaki incidents na ho.
Uttar Pradesh mein bandh ka impact limited raha. Dalit groups aur political parties ne protests kiye, Samajwadi Party (SP) aur Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ne bandh ko support kiya. Kuch areas mein disruptions hue, Lekin Lucknow, Prayagraj, aur Agra mein major protests dekhne ko mile. BSP workers ne traffic block kiya aur shops shut karne ki koshish ki, jisme police ne lathi-charge kiya. Bhim Army ne bhi western UP ke kuch pockets mein protests kiye.
Madhya Pradesh mein bandh ka overall impact minimal raha, authorities ne order maintain kiya. Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh ne bandh ko support kiya aur Supreme Court ke decision par concerns express kiye.
Odisha mein rail aur road services mein partial disruptions dekhe gaye. Bhubaneswar aur Sambalpur mein trains ko detain kiya gaya, aur passenger buses kuch routes par nahi chal rahi thi. Government offices aur banks normal tarike se chal rahe the, aur key locations par security ko increase kiya gaya.
Rajasthan mein kuch districts mein near-total shutdown dekha gaya, jabki kuch jagah par sirf partial impact tha. Essential services largely uninterrupted rahi. Jaipur mein SC ST Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti ki rally ne significant attention grab kiya, jahan community members ne ruling ko lekar concerns express kiye, fearing it might weaken reservation principles.
Bharat Bandh 21 organizations ke dwara organize kiya gaya tha Supreme Court ke August 1 ke decision ke response mein, jo states ko SCs aur STs ko sub-classify karne ki ijazat deta hai reservations ke liye. Protesting groups ka kehna hai ki verdict reservation ke basic principles ko undermine karta hai aur marginalized communities ko harm kar sakta hai. Bandh ka varied response alag-alag levels of support aur concern ko highlight karta hai.
