Rajya Sabha members help invoice to incorporate Gonds in UP in Scheduled Tribes record
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NEW DELHI: Cutting throughout get together strains, Rajya Sabha members on Tuesday largely supported a invoice for recognising the Gond neighborhood hailing from 4 districts of Uttar Pradesh as a Scheduled Tribe after excluding them from the Scheduled Castes record.
The 4 districts are Chandauli, Kushinagar, Sant Kabir Nagar and Sant Ravidas Nagar.
Some opposition members additionally demanded an analogous evaluation of extra communities for inclusion within the Scheduled Tribes record and a caste-based census within the nation throughout the debate on the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022.
The Bill was moved by Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda.
Lok Sabha has already handed the invoice which amends the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1967 to exclude the Gond neighborhood as a Scheduled Caste and amends the ST order to recognise it as a Scheduled Tribe within the 4 districts.
During the talk, Manoj Kumar Jha of the RJD stated the federal government ought to go for a caste-based census and in the intervening time additionally implement 52 per cent reservation for the backward communities.
CPI Member Santhosh Kumar P stated there’s a have to take up the welfare of the tribals and the backward communities severely.
While supporting a caste-based census, he additionally requested the federal government to look into the welfare of denotified tribes.
Samir Oraon (BJP) stated that as a result of efforts of the current authorities, the backward courses had been shifting forward.
He alleged that the earlier governments by no means cared for them and it’s only the BJP authorities that’s working for the welfare of such communities.
L Hanumanthaiah of the Congress Party stated he helps the invoice and the federal government ought to look into the standing of some extra communities from the Scheduled Castes record throughout the nation.
He additionally stated there’s a want to supply extra safety to the folks from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Citing some latest instances of violence towards members of the Scheduled Castes neighborhood in Uttar Pradesh, he stated:” Unless they take some measures, just passing a law will not solve the problem.”
Hanumanthaiah additionally demanded a caste-based census within the nation.
According to Hanumanthaiah, the reported crimes towards Scheduled Tribes had been 8,272 in 2020 and elevated to eight,802 in 2021, and he requested the federal government to look into it.
“If you do not protect them, strengthen them by the budgetary allocation, then what is the point in the list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes then only this law would have some meaning,” he stated.
Fauzia Khan of the NCP supported the invoice and demanded the Dhankhad neighborhood from Maharashtra be added to the Scheduled Tribes record.
Jayant Chaudhary demanded that the Kol neighborhood from UP be accorded the Schedules Caste standing.
He additionally supported a caste-based census.
G Ok Vasan from TMC (M) supported the invoice and requested the federal government so as to add the Narikuravar neighborhood from Tamil Nadu to the Scheduled Tribes record.
BJP members – Jugalsinh Lokhandwala, Ramilaben Becharbhai Bara, Brijlal, Sakal Deep Rajbhar, Vinay Dinu Tendulkar and Biplab Kumar Deb – additionally supported the invoice.
The Minister would reply to the invoice on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI: Cutting throughout get together strains, Rajya Sabha members on Tuesday largely supported a invoice for recognising the Gond neighborhood hailing from 4 districts of Uttar Pradesh as a Scheduled Tribe after excluding them from the Scheduled Castes record.
The 4 districts are Chandauli, Kushinagar, Sant Kabir Nagar and Sant Ravidas Nagar.
Some opposition members additionally demanded an analogous evaluation of extra communities for inclusion within the Scheduled Tribes record and a caste-based census within the nation throughout the debate on the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022.
The Bill was moved by Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda.
Lok Sabha has already handed the invoice which amends the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1967 to exclude the Gond neighborhood as a Scheduled Caste and amends the ST order to recognise it as a Scheduled Tribe within the 4 districts.
During the talk, Manoj Kumar Jha of the RJD stated the federal government ought to go for a caste-based census and in the intervening time additionally implement 52 per cent reservation for the backward communities.
CPI Member Santhosh Kumar P stated there’s a have to take up the welfare of the tribals and the backward communities severely.
While supporting a caste-based census, he additionally requested the federal government to look into the welfare of denotified tribes.
Samir Oraon (BJP) stated that as a result of efforts of the current authorities, the backward courses had been shifting forward.
He alleged that the earlier governments by no means cared for them and it’s only the BJP authorities that’s working for the welfare of such communities.
L Hanumanthaiah of the Congress Party stated he helps the invoice and the federal government ought to look into the standing of some extra communities from the Scheduled Castes record throughout the nation.
He additionally stated there’s a want to supply extra safety to the folks from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Citing some latest instances of violence towards members of the Scheduled Castes neighborhood in Uttar Pradesh, he stated:” Unless they take some measures, just passing a law will not solve the problem.”
Hanumanthaiah additionally demanded a caste-based census within the nation.
According to Hanumanthaiah, the reported crimes towards Scheduled Tribes had been 8,272 in 2020 and elevated to eight,802 in 2021, and he requested the federal government to look into it.
“If you do not protect them, strengthen them by the budgetary allocation, then what is the point in the list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes then only this law would have some meaning,” he stated.
Fauzia Khan of the NCP supported the invoice and demanded the Dhankhad neighborhood from Maharashtra be added to the Scheduled Tribes record.
Jayant Chaudhary demanded that the Kol neighborhood from UP be accorded the Schedules Caste standing.
He additionally supported a caste-based census.
G Ok Vasan from TMC (M) supported the invoice and requested the federal government so as to add the Narikuravar neighborhood from Tamil Nadu to the Scheduled Tribes record.
BJP members – Jugalsinh Lokhandwala, Ramilaben Becharbhai Bara, Brijlal, Sakal Deep Rajbhar, Vinay Dinu Tendulkar and Biplab Kumar Deb – additionally supported the invoice.
The Minister would reply to the invoice on Wednesday.
