Jagdalpur/Kanker
In the coming days, the process of reservation in the urban body and panchayat elections to be held in Chhattisgarh was completed in all the districts. Today the backward class community called Bastar bandh regarding the reduction in reservation, the major impact of which was seen in Bastar. All shops remained closed since morning. At the same time, a large number of people of the society are protesting and sitting on the road near the spider. Movement of vehicles has been banned.
The backward class society says that the reservation fixed by the government in the municipal elections should be cancelled. OBC community should be given the benefit of reservation by making reservation again. The society has warned of violent agitation if its demands are not met. Congress has also supported this demonstration of the backward class society.
In Jagdalpur also, to make the bandh successful since morning, members of the backward class society toured Jagdalpur city with placards in their hands in the form of a rally. Most of the shops in Sanjay Market, Gol Bazaar and Main Road of the city remained closed. Divisional President of Backward Class Society, Tarun Singh Dhakad said that after the Assembly-Lok Sabha, urban body and panchayat elections will be held in Chhattisgarh in the coming days. Backward class community seats have been cut in this election. Backward class society has suffered losses in the process of reservation. Due to this, the backward class society called for closure of Bastar division today. If the government does not fulfill the demands of the backward class society even after protests, Bastar bandh and blockade, then fierce agitation will be carried out in the coming days.
