Thursday's Bharat Bandh call by upper caste outfits in parts of northern India led to some confusion in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Its leadership didn't know how to react to the development. Upper caste outfits protested the shepherding of a Bill by the Narendra Modi government in Parliament that sought to overturn a Supreme Court judgment on the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. “It (bandh call) has no meaning.
People have their feelings. In a democracy, everyone has the right to express themselves,” Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, adding that his government would ensure the law
