Chakapada (Kandhmal): After a month of relentless violence driven by ethnic and communal passions, the tribals of Kandhmal on Sunday decided to join the peace talks.
Separate talks will be held between the administration and representatives from Christian and Hindu Pana communities. Senior government functionaries have made arrangements for organising the maiden joint meeting involving tribal Kandhs, dalit Panas and Christians at Phulbani on Monday.
"I appeal all of you not to engage in any act of violence for at least a month so that the government can fulfil some of our demands. If rioting continues then the administration cannot settle forged caste certificate and land alienation issues," Lambodar Kanhar, secretary of Kui Samaj Samanwaya Samiti told a convention of tribals.
"However, if the government does not keep its promises then we will again give a call to all of you to fight for our rights. In such an eventuality, the agitation would be much more intense and nobody can stop us," he warned, as the audience of around 1,000 tribals cheered him. Christian representatives and Hindu Pana community leaders, meanwhile, ventilated their grievances and demands at a meeting chaired by SC, ST welfare secretary Taradutt.
The tribal meeting to discuss peace, the first since communal and ethnic strife hit the region in the aftermath of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati's murder on August 23, coincided with the spotting of the bodies of a couple in Badasalunki river at Bisipada village near here. The couple was killed at Sankarakhol on Thursday. Some tension between local women and CRPF personnel was also reported from Tikabali area.
Source: The Times Of India
Separate talks will be held between the administration and representatives from Christian and Hindu Pana communities. Senior government functionaries have made arrangements for organising the maiden joint meeting involving tribal Kandhs, dalit Panas and Christians at Phulbani on Monday.
"I appeal all of you not to engage in any act of violence for at least a month so that the government can fulfil some of our demands. If rioting continues then the administration cannot settle forged caste certificate and land alienation issues," Lambodar Kanhar, secretary of Kui Samaj Samanwaya Samiti told a convention of tribals.
"However, if the government does not keep its promises then we will again give a call to all of you to fight for our rights. In such an eventuality, the agitation would be much more intense and nobody can stop us," he warned, as the audience of around 1,000 tribals cheered him. Christian representatives and Hindu Pana community leaders, meanwhile, ventilated their grievances and demands at a meeting chaired by SC, ST welfare secretary Taradutt.
The tribal meeting to discuss peace, the first since communal and ethnic strife hit the region in the aftermath of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati's murder on August 23, coincided with the spotting of the bodies of a couple in Badasalunki river at Bisipada village near here. The couple was killed at Sankarakhol on Thursday. Some tension between local women and CRPF personnel was also reported from Tikabali area.
Source: The Times Of India
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