Ludhiana, June 3 -- The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Monday launched a protest outside the Ludhiana municipal corporation's (MC's) Zone-A office, calling for immediate registration of an FIR against a senior MC official under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

The protest, organised under the party's ongoing 'Punjab Sambhalo' campaign, highlighted what BSP leaders described as institutionalised caste-based discrimination and exploitation within the municipal administration. The party also called for a complete roll back of the contract system for sanitation and Class IV workers, terming it a form of systemic injustice against Dalits.

BSP leaders alleged that on May 26, official, while sitting on a constitutional post, physically ...