The Reservation Bachao Sangharsh Samiti announced Bharat Bandh on August 21 as a mark of protest against the Supreme Court's ruling on SC/ST reservations.
The Supreme Court, in a landmark verdict on August 1, ruled that states have the power to sub-classify SCs and STs and said that the authority concerned, while deciding if the class is adequately represented, must calculate adequacy based on effective and not quantitative representation.<
BC Bhartia, President, and Praveen Khandelwal, Secretary General of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said that traders will keep their establishments open during the Bharat Bandh, emphasising their role in ensuring the availability of essential goods and services to the public,
A number of public intellectuals and artists issued a joint statement on Wednesday in support of the joint call by the workers and farmers for a sectoral industrial strike and Grameen Bharat Bandh on February 16.
"Sanyukt Kisan Morcha has announced a Bharat bandh on February 16. In conncetion with this the government has arrested several of our leaders across different states, be it Kisan Sabha, Sanyukt Morcha or the BKU. They have arrested 7-8 leaders in Madhya Pradesh. They have also sent police fo
Leaders of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Lakhowal in Punjab's Ludhiana announced on Saturday that they will not join the 'Delhi Chalo' protest on February 13.
In an official statement, the agricultural body has also called upon all its units to rise up in protest against the Budget on February 16 and mark it as 'Grameen Bharat Bandh'.
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders and Janasena parties have called Avanigadda bandh in the wake of YSRCP MLA Simhadri Ramesh's attack on Janasena workers who were protesting peacefully a day ago. The Police was deployed in large number in order to maintain tranquillity in the region.
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Amid the Bharat bandh which is being observed on Monday, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha has announced a nationwide protest on June 24 in support of the protesting students against the newly launched Agnipath recruitment scheme by the Centre.
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): With the government denying the rollback of the Agnipath military recruitment scheme, some organisations have called for 'Bharat Bandh' on Monday amid the ongoing protests demanding a rollback of the plan.
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): The All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) has called for a Bharat Bandh today demanding a caste-based census.