The All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation has demanded Bharat Band on Wednesday i.e. May 25. As per the Saharanpur District President of the Bahujan Mukti Party (BMP) – Neeraj Dhiman, the Bharat band is being called as the Centre didn’t conduct a caste-based census of OBC.

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The BMP President has also raised problems related to the use of EVMs in elections and the non-implementation of reservations for the SC/ST/OBC in private sectors.

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Notably, the acting state president of the Bahujan Mukti Party – DP Singh has asked people to make Bharat Bandh successful.

Here’s why the Bahujan Mukti Party has asked for Bharat Bandh on May 25

  • Scandal about EVMs in elections
  • Centre didn’t conduct an OBC census based on caste
  • SC/ST/OBC reservations in the private sector
  • Need to introduce a law to guarantee MSP to farmers
  • Raising voice against NRC/CAA/NPR
  • Resume old pension scheme
  • Demand for separate electorates in OBC reservation in Panchayat elections in Odisha and Madhya Pradesh
  • Against displacing tribal people under the garb of environmental protection
  • Against forcing people to get vaccination
  • Protection against labour laws that were secretly made against workers during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Those willing to be a part of the Bharat Band are running a campaign on social media to shut down businesses and public transportation on May 25.

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