YouTuber Ajeet Bharti, speaking at a protest against caste-based reservation at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, called for a review of the existing reservation system and outlined four key demands, including a white paper on reservations, quota within quota, minimum marks for admissions and greater benefits for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS).
“Our biggest demand is that the government should come up with a white paper stating that the reservations you’ve given to people for 80 years… Because they lacked political representation, because those caste groups don’t even have leaders, he told news agency ANI” He said the Musahar community in Bihar was an example of groups that, according to him, were not receiving the benefits of reservations. The protest was organised by ‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’, a social media movement opposing quotas. I come from Bihar. Research how dire the situation of the Musahar community is. Their children aren’t getting reservations. Why? The protesters were detained by the Delhi Police after the police denied permission to hold any form of protest in and around Jantar Mantar in the national capital. Police personnel and paramilitary forces were deployed at key points in the area ahead of the protest, while barricades were put up to regulate the movement of people towards Jantar Mantar.
A large number of people gathered at Jantar Mantar on Friday despite police permission being granted for the demonstration at Ramlila Maidan.
