On the heels of the caste survey and hike in reservations for Other Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes and Scheduled Tribes, the Janata Dal (United) government will host a Bhim Sansad on Sunday in Patna, to reach out to the SC community. SC leaders in the party have claimed that over one lakh people from the community would participate in the mega meeting set to be inaugurated by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
The Patna district administration has made elaborate traffic arrangements to ensure the event — to be held at Patna’s veterinary ground near the airport — does not inconvenience the public. “Over a lakh people from all across the State will be participating in the Bhim Sansad tomorrow which is to be inaugurated by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar,” Mr. Kumar’s Cabinet colleague and close confidante Ashok Choudhary said.
Mr. Choudhary, along with party leaders and Ministers from the SC community like Ratnesh Sada and Sunil Kumar, have been touring different districts of the State for several weeks, to mobilise people for the Bhim Sansad. The veterinary ground has been set up with a huge canopy and platform for the event; large cut-outs of party leaders, including Mr. Kumar, are in place to welcome people to the venue. Full-page advertisements regarding the meeting have already appeared in the local editions of dailies here.
