– Dalit and Adivasi organisations have called for a Bharat Bandh on Wednesday to demand wider representation of marginalised communities in jobs and education
– The strike is also to ensure the protection of their constitutional rights
– The call for the bandh comes after a recent Supreme Court verdict on the sub-categorisation of quotas for SCs and STs
– There is controversy over lateral entry for central civil services, with allegations of it being an attack on reservation rights