Sarva Adivasi Samaj called for Bastar Bandh on 21st August in protest against the decision of Supreme Court | News India

Jagdalpur, 19 August (HS). Sarva Adivasi Samaj has called for Bastar Bandh on 21 August in protest against the Supreme Court's decision regarding reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The people of the society have started preparing for this. The people of the society said that in support of the complete Bastar Bandh from 5 am to 5 pm, a call has been given for a complete bandh in all the districts of Bastar division.

Prakash Thakur, President of Sarva Adivasi Samaj, said that all the departmental officers and employees have been appealed to join this movement by taking a one-day collective leave to play their important role in this bandh. Apart from this, a memorandum has been submitted to the collector to close the educational institutions as well. Also, support has been sought from other social organizations including BPS, Chamber. On August 21, except for essential services, all business organizations and educational institutions, haat bazaars will remain closed and transport services will also remain closed. Raju Koshle, Lakshmi Nath, Padam Kashyap, Baldev Maurya, Hariprasad Panna, Dharmendra Singh, Vishnu Markam, Dhan Singh Uike, Yogendra Kumar, SR Mandavi, Vikram Lahare, Salesh, PD Meshram, Kamlesh, Banshi Maurya, Tulsi Thakur and others were present in this meeting.