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Why Chandrashekhar Azad chose September 24 for his Reservation protest: The Poona Pact, Ambedkar’s separate electorate demand and the Delhi Police permission row

Tuesday, September 22, 2026Shriti SagarView original
Chandrashekhar Azad has claimed that Delhi Police denied permission for the September 24 Bhim Army protest at Jantar Mantar and has called for district-level demonstrations instead.The protest date coincides with the anniversary of the Poona Pact, which replaced the separate-electorate proposal for the Depressed Classes with reserved seats under a joint electorate.