Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) [India], September 20 (ANI): The Kurmi community in Hazaribagh district on Saturday launched a high-voltage 'Rail Roko' protest at Charhi railway station, bringing rail operations to a complete standstill from 8 AM onwards. Their primary demands include the inclusion of the Kurmi community in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) list and official recognition of the Kurmali language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. The benefits that Scheduled Tribes (ST) receive through quotas are not available to Other Backwards Classes (OBC), so we are demanding that our community be granted ST status.' In West Bengal, the Kurmi community, led by state president Rajesh Mahato, plans to conduct 'Rail Roko' protests and road blockades in Purulia, Bankura, Jhargram, and Paschim Medinipur. They are demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the tribal Kurmi community.