Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad on Wednesday, 12 February, called for a 'Bharat Bandh' on 23 February against a Supreme Court ruling that states were not bound to provide reservation in promotion and appointments in public employment and also quota in is not a fundamental right.

Azad urged MPs and MLAs belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes to build pressure on the government to bring an ordinance to nullify the ruling.