Bharat Bandh: Akhilesh says mass movement to protect reservation positive effort

Twenty-one organisations call for nationwide strike against Supreme Court's decision on issue of SC-ST reservation

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday backed the day-long Bharat Bandh called by some groups over community-based reservation, noting that “public movements” put a check on “unbridled government”.

The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister took to social media platform X to share his views on the issue. “The mass movement to protect reservation is a positive effort. It will instill new consciousness among the exploited and deprived and will prove to be a shield of people’s power against any kind of tampering with reservation. Peaceful movement is a democratic right,” he posted in Hindi.

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“Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar had already warned that the Constitution will only work if the intentions of those implementing it are correct. When the governments in power will tamper with the Constitution and the rights given by it through fraud, scams and scandals, then the public will have to take to the streets. Public movements put a check on unbridled government,” Yadav added.

आरक्षण की रक्षा के लिए जन-आंदोलन एक सकारात्मक प्रयास है। ये शोषित-वंचित के बीच चेतना का नया संचार करेगा और आरक्षण से किसी भी प्रकार की छेड़छाड़ के ख़िलाफ़ जन शक्ति का एक कवच साबित होगा। शांतिपूर्ण आंदोलन लोकतांत्रिक अधिकार होता है।

बाबा साहब भीमराव अंबेडकर जी ने पहले ही आगाह…

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) August 21, 2024

Twenty-one organisations across the country have called for a Bharat Bandh on Wednesday against the Supreme Court’s August 1 decision on the issue of SC-ST reservation.

The organisations opposed this decision and said it will harm the basic principles of reservation.