Tomorrow is Bharat Bandh! Know Why?

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• May 24, 2022 | Kabir Chakraborty

The call for a bandh has now got the support of the Bahujan Mukti Party (BMP). DP Singh, president of BMP, has even urged people to participate in the bandh and make it successful. 

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Digital Desk:  Unhappy with the
Centre for not conducting a caste-based census on the Other Backward Class
(OBC), the All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation
(BAMCEF) has called for a Bharat Bandh on May 25.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Apart from this, the federation is
also protesting against the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for voting
during elections and the issue of reservations for the SC, ST, and OBC
categories in the private sector. 

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The call for a bandh has now got the support
of the Bahujan Mukti Party (BMP). DP Singh, president of BMP, has even urged
people to participate in the bandh and make it successful. Among those who have
extended support to the bandh is the Bahujan Kranti Morcha. So far, no
transport union has supported the bandh call.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Demands made by people who have
called for the bandh are as follows:

• "Times New Roman"">Stop using EVMs as reservations for SC, ST, and OBC.

• "Times New Roman"">caste-based census A law that guarantees MSP to farmers
  Resumption of the old pension scheme.

• "Times New Roman"">Not making vaccination compulsory

• "Times New Roman"">Non-implementation of the National Register of Citizens
  (NRC), Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), and National Population Register
  (NPR).

• "Times New Roman"">Protection against labour laws that were secretly made
  against workers during the COVID-19 lockdown.

• "Times New Roman"">Protection of tribal people.

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