The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) on Friday said the proposed bandh on August 9 should be called off as the government has decided to restore the SC/ST Act to its original form. LJP termed its earlier demand for removal of NGT Chairman A.K. Goel "a non-issue".

The LJP had earlier said the party-affiliated Dalit Sena would participate in the "Bharat bandh", called by several Dalit organisations for August 9 to press for restoration of the SC/ST Act. "The government has brought the bill to restore the SC/ST Act. So, we do not find any reason for a bandh on August 9," LJP Parliamentary Board Chairman and MP Chirag Paswan told reporters here.