Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Schedule Tribe (ST) Morcha leaders and members staged Chakka Jam at different places across State to protest the reduction in ST reservation.

ST Morcha leaders blamed Congress’s irresponsibility and ill-intention behind the High Court reducing the ST Reservation from 32 per cent to 20 per cent.

At the Chakka Jam in Raipur, agitators were led by Scheduled Tribe Commission’s former National Chairman

Nandkumar Sai, Raipur City District President Jayanti Bhai Patel and ST Commission District President Bajrang Dhruv. Senior BJP Leader Nandkumar Sai said BJP gave tribal communities their rights and Congress cheated them. BJP is with the tribal community in their fight for 32 per cent reservation. Former Union Minister Vishnudeo Sai, District Panchayat President Rajmuni Bhagat, District President Sunil Gupta, ST Morcha District President Lalit Nagesh and thousands of party workers staged Chakka Jam. Sai said Congress is anti-tribal. Congress takes tribal people for granted and considers them as vote banks. When the Tribal community voted Congress to victory in large numbers, Congress thought the community would not oppose whatever the government does. In Narayanpur, State General Secretary BJP Kedar Kashyap, Roopnarayan Markam and Pratap Mandavi led a vehement protest of agitators. BJP National Working Committee member Lata Usendi, District President Dipesh Arora, Harishankar Netam and Suklal Markam led the Chakka Jam. Former State Minister Mahesh Gagda led the protesters in Bijapur and Kamalbhan Singh in Ambikapur, Chetram Atami and Ojaswai Mandavi in Dantewada, former MP Kamalbhan Singh in Ambikapur, Ramsewak Paikra and Babulal Agrawal, Satyanrayan Singh and Kaushal Singh in Surajpur. BJP former Minister Nankiram Kanwar led a protest in Korba, Schedule Tribe Morcha State President Vikas Markam led protests in Dhamtari and Dinesh Kashyap led the Chakka Jam in Bastar.