Summary:
UJJAIN: Upper caste anger against the amendment to SC/ST Protection Act has put the ruling BJP in a tight spot. They want the Centre and state to implement Supreme Court’s order on investigation before arrest under SC/ST Protection Act and demand scrapping of castebased quotas. Brahmin leader Mahamandleshwar Atulanand Saraswati alleged that both BJP and Congress have imposed the ‘black law’ on upper caste. In two months, they (Congress and BJP) will come to beg.” The protesters burnt an effigy of CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and raised slogans against Ujjain BJP MP Chintaman Malviya and Ujjain South MLA Mohan Yadav. Reservation should be only on economic criteria, they argued.The protesters announced that they have an eye on the coming elections..