In a statement shared on X, he said, "According to the NCRB report, between 2013 and 2023, there has been a 46 percent increase in crimes against Dalits and a 91 percent increase in crimes against Adivasis."
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista has strongly opposed chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s decision to allow 30 per cent of tea garden land to be diverted for non-tea purposes, calling it a “dangerous and dictatorial” policy that could displace indigenous communities.
Rahul Gandhi is on a day's visit to Gujarat on Tuesday. While addressing Adivasi Satyagrah rally in Dahod, he said tribals have rights on the natural resources, and development should not be at the cost of their existence and livelihood.
Meera Sanghamitra, an activist from Telangana, highlighted the ‘anti-people’ stand of the government.
It does not matter which discredited industrialist’s interest Avni’s death was meant to serve but by allowing a humungous14,000 square kilometers of green cover to be shorn off over the last 30 years, India has clearly demonstrated the status of its commitment to the natural environment.
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