Chhattisgarh: group of men stage nude protest near Vidhan Sabha in Raipur
Approximately 20 youths, holding placards, ran naked towards the state assembly building, chanting slogans against the state government. Later, the protesters were detained by the police.
RAIPUR- A group of men staged a nude protest near Vidhan Sabha in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur on Tuesday demanding action against people who got government jobs using fake caste certificates, officials said.
In Chhattisgarh, youth belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities today staged a nude protest near Vidhan Sabha on the first day of the monsoon session of the assembly. They were protesting against SC/ST reserved jobs being usurped by ineligible people using fake caste certificates.
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Approximately 20 youths, holding placards, ran naked towards the state assembly building, chanting slogans against the state government. Later, the protesters were detained by the police.
The police took more than a dozen nude protesters into custody when they were marching towards the state legislative assembly, police said.
The issue of fake caste certificate used to get government job in Chhattisgarh has been in the news for quite some time now. In the year 2021, a PWD executive engineer was suspended for using a fake Scheduled Tribe (ST) caste certificate.
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Vinay Kaushal, the spokesperson for the SC/ST category fake caste certificate case sangharsh samite, stated that the demonstration in front of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly demanded immediate action against individuals holding fake caste certificates.
The monsoon session of the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha began today. This session will have four sittings and conclude on July 21.
