Kalita Janagosthi Sanmilan activists raise slogans during a protest demanding Schedule Tribe (ST) status at Six Mile, in Guwahati.

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad after being released from Saharanpur Jail, in Saharanpur. Azad was arrested from Himachal Pradesh's Dalhousie in June last year in connection wi...

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad being released from Saharanpur Jail, in Saharanpur. Azad was arrested from Himachal Pradesh's Dalhousie in June last year in connection with the...

Several upper caste organisation activists raise slogans and burn tyres during 'Bharat Bandh' protest called over SC/ST Amendment Act, in Varanasi.

Akhil Bhartiya Swarn Sena activists protest outside state BJP office during their ‘Bharat Bandh’ against SC/ST Amendment Bill, in Patna.

Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram (L) and MSME minister Giriraj Singh (R) during National SC-ST Hub State Conclave-cum-Exhibition in Bhubanes...

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Khasi women and girls at a market in Shillong

A delegation of OBC MPs and leaders calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after the passage of OBC bill, in New Delhi.

Quid Pro Quo

O.P. Rajbhar (left) had threatened to ­boycott a Rajya Sabha poll before he got to meet Amit Shah

Once Lucky

(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...