New Delhi: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Wednesday called for a 'Bharat Bandh' on February 23 against a Supreme Court ruling that states were not bound to provide reservation in promotion and appointments in public employment and also quota is not a fundamental right.
Speaking to ETV Bharat he said, "The ruling of the Supreme Court is completely wrong and we strongly disagree with it. The reservation in promotion is our fundamental rights as it is mentioned in Article 16(4)."
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He urged MPs and MLAs belonging to the Scheduled Castes(SCs) and the Scheduled Tribes(STs) to build pressure on the government to bring an ordinance to nullify the ruling.
"It's the matter of basic rights for SCs, STs and OBCs. The MPs belonging to minorities should either build pressure on the government or resign."
On being asked whether he is launching his own party? To this, the Bhim Army chief said, "It is in the pipeline. There are chances that we can announce it on March 15 and we will further brief media about it."
Azad also said that his outfit will hold a march from Mandi House to Parliament on February 16 to press for its demands.
(With inputs from PTI)
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