<p>BJP chief Amit Shah's scheduled "feast with farmers" in Ujjain, originally scheduled for September 12, has been cancelled fearing disruption by upper-caste anti-reservationists.</p>.<p>The party has also cancelled an OBC convention that was planned for September 10 in Satna for the same reason.</p>.<p>With barely two months left for the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, a fear of upper-caste fury has been stalking politicians across the party spectrum. The politicians, however, do not complain, nor do they demand action against the petitioners.</p>.<p>They are living in fear of being mobbed, shown black flags and even attacked.</p>.<p>Anti-reservationist youths, claiming allegiance to little-known organisations, have been materialising without warning in streets across the state with black flags, particularly in the Gwalior-Chambal region, forcing politicians to run for cover.</p>.<p>Few politicians have escaped the angry protests held against the SC/ST (prevention of atrocities) Act, recently passed by the Supreme Court to alter the Supreme Court ruling in the matter.</p>.<p>A shoe was hurled at Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan last week; state Congress chief Kamal Nath was almost mobbed twice and escaped only under police protection; while Union and state ministers and BJP MPs and MLAs were shown black flags.</p>.<p>Politicians stayed indoors during a Bharat Bandh that was called for by anti-reservationists on September 7.</p>.<p>While a fledgling political outfit called SAPAKS Samaj party is on the forefront of the protest, lumpen elements seem to have hijacked the stir.</p>.<p>SAPAKS, or Samanya Pichhda Varg Alpsankhyak Karmachari Sangathan, essentially an outfit of government employees, is on the defensive.</p>.<p>The organisation's convenor Hiralal Trivedi said it has no plans to disrupt rallies by big leaders like Amit Shah or Rahul Gandhi.</p>.<p>SAPAKs, however, seems to have little control over the upper-caste youths threatening politicians.</p>.<p>The BJP and the Congress have been blaming each other for inciting anti-reservationist sentiments, without criticising the protesters themselves.</p>
<p>BJP chief Amit Shah's scheduled "feast with farmers" in Ujjain, originally scheduled for September 12, has been cancelled fearing disruption by upper-caste anti-reservationists.</p>.<p>The party has also cancelled an OBC convention that was planned for September 10 in Satna for the same reason.</p>.<p>With barely two months left for the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, a fear of upper-caste fury has been stalking politicians across the party spectrum. The politicians, however, do not complain, nor do they demand action against the petitioners.</p>.<p>They are living in fear of being mobbed, shown black flags and even attacked.</p>.<p>Anti-reservationist youths, claiming allegiance to little-known organisations, have been materialising without warning in streets across the state with black flags, particularly in the Gwalior-Chambal region, forcing politicians to run for cover.</p>.<p>Few politicians have escaped the angry protests held against the SC/ST (prevention of atrocities) Act, recently passed by the Supreme Court to alter the Supreme Court ruling in the matter.</p>.<p>A shoe was hurled at Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan last week; state Congress chief Kamal Nath was almost mobbed twice and escaped only under police protection; while Union and state ministers and BJP MPs and MLAs were shown black flags.</p>.<p>Politicians stayed indoors during a Bharat Bandh that was called for by anti-reservationists on September 7.</p>.<p>While a fledgling political outfit called SAPAKS Samaj party is on the forefront of the protest, lumpen elements seem to have hijacked the stir.</p>.<p>SAPAKS, or Samanya Pichhda Varg Alpsankhyak Karmachari Sangathan, essentially an outfit of government employees, is on the defensive.</p>.<p>The organisation's convenor Hiralal Trivedi said it has no plans to disrupt rallies by big leaders like Amit Shah or Rahul Gandhi.</p>.<p>SAPAKs, however, seems to have little control over the upper-caste youths threatening politicians.</p>.<p>The BJP and the Congress have been blaming each other for inciting anti-reservationist sentiments, without criticising the protesters themselves.</p>
