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  • Protestors on rampage after murder of Bhim Army leader in Bihar’s Hajipur

    Protestors on rampage after murder of Bhim Army leader in Bihar’s Hajipur

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    Hajipur: Bhim Army supporters on Friday went on a rampage here in Bihar’s Vaishali district during the funeral procession of the organisation’s leader Rakesh Paswan who was shot dead the previous day.

    Protestors blocked traffic, ransacked shops in Lalganj Bazar area and even tried to enter a police station over Paswan’s murder.

    Eight people were arrested in connection with the violence on Friday and the situation is tense but under control, Superintendent of Police Ravi Ranjan Kumar said.

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    An investigation is on and more arrests are likely to be made, he said.

    “Angry supporters carrying Bhim Army flags and shouting slogans, ransacked shops and even tried to enter local police station on Friday during the funeral procession,” a local police official said.

    Paswan was also associated with the Rashtriya Lok Janashakti Party, headed by union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras, who represents Hajipur in the Lok Sabha.

    The minister attended the funeral of Paswan on Friday.

    Paswan was shot several times from close range right outside his house, as he was preparing to take out a procession with his supporters to pay respect to BR Ambedkar in Lalganj area on Thursday.

    Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Friday demanded a high-level probe into the killing Bhim Army leader.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Will fight to ensure MP gets tribal CM, says Bhim Army chief

    Will fight to ensure MP gets tribal CM, says Bhim Army chief

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    Bhopal: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Sunday held a rally in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, where Assembly polls are likely at the end of the year, and asked people to ensure the state gets a tribal chief minister.

    At the well-attended rally of his political outfit Azad Samaj Party at the BHEL Dussehra Maidan, he said MP has the highest number of tribals in India but was yet to have a CM from these communities.

    Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, Azad said these parties appointed tribal governors and presidents, who have nothing much to do but not CMs.

    “Be it the Congress or the BJP, they have stripped us of our rights. You elected the Congress (Kamal Nath government in 2018) but it fell (in 2020). We will now rely on our own collective power and strength,” he told the gathering mostly comprising members of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities and Other Backward Classes.

    He said a united front comprising 85 per cent of the weaker sections of society and minorities was now in place to fight the MP polls and ensure it gets a tribal CM.

    At the gathering, he read out 31 demands of the united forum, which includes leaders of the OBC Mahasabha and the tribal Jai Adivasi Yuva Shakti (JAYS0.

    These demands include withdrawal of cases lodged against weaker sections, raising the compensation to SC/ST victims of atrocities to Rs 30 lakh, increasing minimum wage under MNREGA to Rs 700, caste census and caste-based reservation in promotions in government jobs.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Chhattisgarh: Bhim Army stages protest demanding 16pc reservation for SCs

    Chhattisgarh: Bhim Army stages protest demanding 16pc reservation for SCs

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    Raipur: Bhim Army staged a protest demanding 16 per cent reservation for the Scheduled Castes category at Budha Talab area in the state capital Raipur on Thursday.

    Founder and National president of Bhim Army, Chandrashekhar Azad also participated in the protests and said that the state government should stop playing with the society, otherwise they would have to face consequences in the upcoming assembly elections in the state.

    A huge number of protestors gathered and also took out a rally on the occasion. They tried to gheraoed CM’s house but the police stopped them near the Smart City. After which they submitted a memorandum to the administration.

    Addressing the gathering, Azad said, “Today we have gathered here to strengthen the demand of the movement, which has been going in Raipur for the last one month. Our main demand is that when the BJP government was in power in 2008, they reduced the reservation for scheduled castes from 16 per cent to 12 per cent in the state. During the 2018 assembly election, the present Congress-led state government had promised that BJP had done injustice and if the congress government would come back in power then they would restore it.”

    “It has been more than four years but still Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has not fulfilled the promises made by him. We have come here to remind them about his promises. Today is our symbolic demonstration. We have given one month’s time to the Chief Minister, if our demand is not fulfilled, then after March 2, we will organise a big movement in Raipur by calling the people across the state. We will gheraoed the CM House. We will visit all the gram sabhas, towns and cities across the state and will expose the lies of the government among the people. We oppose whatever unconstitutional action is being taken by the government,” he added.

    “People moving ahead by the reservation given by Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar should not work against the society at the behest of the government. The people of Chhattisgarh will teach them a lesson,” Azad added.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )