The All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) has called for a Bharat Bandh today, to protest against the Centre’s decision of not conducting a caste-based census for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), according to Neeraj Dhiman, the Saharanpur District President of the Bahujan Mukti Party.
Other than the demand of a caste census for OBCs, the federation is also protesting against the use of EVMs during elections and the issue of reservations for the SC/ST/OBC in private sectors. The impact is likely to be seen in states like Uttar Pradesh, where calls have been made by parties demanding a caste-based survey.
The bandh call is likely to have an impact in Bihar where political parties have been demanding a caste-based census. An all-party meeting is scheduled to be held on June 1.
According to the national convener of the Bhartiya Yuva Morcha, their demands include:
Along with BAMCEF, the bandh has also garnered the support of the Bahujan Mukti Party and Bahujan Kranti Morcha.
Extending his support for bandh, BKM convener Waman Meshram claimed that some forces are creating an atmosphere of disturbance to divert the attention of people from the bandh, especially the OBCs so that they they cannot join the movement.
