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Tribals for categorisation

Staff Reporter

ADILABAD: Primitive tribal groups from Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra on Sunday once again raised the demand for categorisation of Scheduled Tribes. They demanded that tribals be given A,B,C and D categories based on their population and backwardness in order to stop the cornering of benefits by some ‘developed’ tribes.

At a convention organised at Ichoda mandal headquarters by the State Adivasula Hakkula Porata Samiti also known as the Tudum Debba, Madhukar Rao Pichad, president of the Adivasi Vikas Parishad demanded institution of a Commission at Union and State levels to go into the issue of categorisation. He said such Commission should be announced before next elections.

Boath MLA Soyam Bapu Rao exhorted tribals not to allow politicians in their villages unless they committed themselves to the cause of primitive tribals like Gonds. He said the rights of tribals were being cornered by members of a migrant tribe. Tudum Debba State president Vattam Narayana and others also attended.

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