Lucknow: Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday extended his support to 'Bharat Bandh' on Wednesday called against the Supreme Court ruling that permits sub-classification within reservation categories for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
He said the mass movement to protect reservations is a positive effort and it will instil new consciousness among the exploited and deprived.
A positive effort
"The mass movement to protect reservations is a positive effort. It will instil 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," the SP chief said in a post on X.
Yadav said that the public will have to take to the streets if the government tamper with the Constitution and the rights of people through scams and scandals.
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।
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) August 21, 2024
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Baba Saheb's warning
"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," he said.
Meanwhile, the 'Reservation Bachao Sangharsh Samiti' is observing a day-long Bharat Bandh today to protest the Supreme Court's recent judgment on reservations.
BSP's support
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati also extended her support to the 'Bharat Bandh' called against the SC ruling.
BSP chief Mayawati said that there is anger and resentment against the SC's decision among the people of these groups.
SC ruling
The Apex Court in a landmark ruling 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.
The Supreme Court ruled by a majority judgement of 6:1, that sub-classification within the SCs and STs reservation is permissible. As many as six separate opinions were delivered in the case. (with Agency inputs)
