Overview
- Lawmaker protests began with a sit-in at the Assembly entrance before members rushed into the Well with placards, leading the Speaker to adjourn the House.
- The demand seeks 85% quotas in government jobs and admissions, framed as proportional to population shares shown in the caste survey.
- Protesters urged the state to pursue inclusion of an expanded quota law in the Ninth Schedule to shield it from court challenges.
- The Assembly had unanimously cleared a 65% reservation increase in 2023, which the Patna High Court later struck down for breaching the 50% ceiling and reaching 75% with the 10% EWS quota.
- LJP(RV) legislators separately demanded an apology from the RJD over remarks about the late Ram Vilas Paswan, while the RJD has said it moved the Supreme Court against the High Court order.