new delhi the ravidas community under the banner of the guru ravidas jayanti samaroh samiti has called for nationwide bandh on august 13the community has also announced to observe august 15 as a black daytaking precautionary measures the punjab govt has declared a holiday on august 13 2019 for the schools colleges and other educational institutions the punjab school education board pseb had postponed the class 10 and 12 supplementary examinations which was to be conducted on monday august 12 2019 the pseb will release the new exam date soontaking serious note of the protests punjab chief minister amarinder singh said while he did not wish to comment on the supreme court order which had led to the razing of the religious structure he was personally not in favour of demolition of monuments and structures of such historical importance connected so deeply with the sentiments of a communitythe chief minister had also appealed to the community to call off their protests as his government was ready to extend full support to them to get the matter amicably resolved with the central governmentamarinder singh also had personally spoken to union urban development minister hardeep singh puri to seek reallotment of the same site which reportedly belongs to the delhi development authority to enable the community to reconstruct the temple along with the sarovar which has also been demolishedextending all legal and financial assistance to the community to take the matter forward the chief minister had constituted a fivemember committee to meet the religious and political representatives of the community and formulate a comprehensive strategy to resolve the issuean official spokesperson of the punjab cm said that amarinder singh had taken cognisance of the issue amid protests by dalits at ludhiana jalandhar phagwara gurdaspur and amritsar where several state highways were blocked causing hardship to the commuters