A MASSIVE ‘Aarakshan Bachaao, Samvidhaan Bachaao Rally’ was carried out under the banner of Adivasi Bahujan Adhikar Kalyan Sangh (ABAKS) from Civic Centre, Marhatal on Wednesday. The procession traversed through Malviya Chowk, Karamchand Chowk and Badi Omti, before concluding at Ghantaghar Control Room. A large number of students, youth and community leaders representing SC, ST and OBC groups actively participated in the procession, echoing slogans such as ‘Jai Bhim’, ‘Jai Samvidhan’, ‘Jai Birsa’, and ‘Jai Johar’. Led by ABAKS State President Devesh Choudhary, the organisers submitted a four-point memorandum addressed to the President and Prime Minister of India, demanding to secure SC and ST reservations within the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution to prevent judicial or administrative tampering.

 

They also demanded to enforce the UGC Equality Bill 2026 across higher educational institutions, to revoke the freeze on the 13 per cent OBC quota in Madhya Pradesh to implement 27 per cent reservation, alongside conducting a nationwide caste census to align quotas with population ratios and to enforce Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, and countering hostile narratives surrounding the legislation. Prominent leaders, legal experts and social activists, including Shivnath Choudhary, Adv Tejkumar Bhagat, Tarun Rohitas, Sonelal Ureti and others attended the event in large numbers.