Bandh Against BJP’s Anti-Dalit, Anti-Adivasi Policy Hits Bihar

'Thousands of people—students, workers and activists belonging to Dalit, OBC and Tribal organisations along with workers of opposition parties—took to the streets in Bihar on 5 March as part of the bandh (shutdown) against the BJP’s anti-Dalit and anti-Adivasi policies. The bandh, observed in several states, was a nationwide call for protest against the recent Supreme Court order evicting more than 10 lakh tribal families from forest lands across 16 states, the 13-point roster system for faculty recruitment in universities that would severely curtail the SC/ST/OBC representation, and the anti-reservation policies of the BJP-led NDA under Prime Minister Narendra Modi...'