O.P. Rajbhar (left) had threatened to boycott a Rajya Sabha poll before he got to meet Amit Shah
(From left) Anupriya Patel, Keshav Maurya and CM Yogi in Lucknow
Members from Jharkhand Kurmi Vikash Morcha (OBC) raise slogans demanding for reservation during Jharkhand Bandh torchlight procession in Ranchi.
DMK leader M K Stalin, MDMK Chief Vaiko, VCK Leader Thol Thirumavalavan at a demonstration against dilution of certain provisions of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Preventi...
BJP National President Amit Shah addresses OBC Convention in Kaginele, Karnataka.
Members of Dalit community stage a protest during 'Bharat Bandh' call by Dalit organisations against the alleged dilution of Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes Act, in Shimla.
Bhim Army Sena members stop a train during 'Bharat Bandh' call given by Dalit organisations against the alleged 'dilution' of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes act, in Patn...
People stage protest during 'Bharat Bandh' against the dilution of provisions of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act by Supreme court, in Amritsar.
Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) activists stop a train at Rajendra Nagar Terminal during 'Bharat Bandh' against the dilution of provisions for the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe ...
Members of Dalit community and Bhim Sena stage a protest during 'Bharat Bandh' against the alleged 'dilution' of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act by Supreme court,...
People protest during 'Bharat Bandh' call given by Dalit organisations against the alleged dilution of Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes act, in Gaya, Bihar.
A bike set on fire by a group of protesters during 'Bharat Bandh' call given by Dalit organisations against the alleged dilution of Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes Act, in Ghaz...
A Lingayat man wearing the Ishtalinga
A Brahmin and his son perform the ceremony of changing the sacred thread, c. 1946
Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, which conducts the thread ceremony for all castes
Members of Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena during a protest demanding for a total ban on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's movie "Padmavati' at Freedom Park in Bengaluru.
A mammoth crowd gathered during the lingayat dharma samavesh in Hubli Nehru stadium.
Panchayat in Bibipur in Jind district of Haryana in July 2012
