Rajya Sabha okays invoice to incorporate Gond group in ST class in elements of UP 

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday handed a invoice that seeks to incorporate the Gond group within the Scheduled Tribes class in elements of Uttar Pradesh.

The Rajya Sabha handed by a voice vote the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022, with some amendments.

The invoice was launched by Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda on Tuesday.

Replying to the dialogue on the invoice, Munda mentioned the difficulty has been pending since Eighties and blamed the then Congress-led authorities for ignoring the plight of the group and denying them their constitutional rights by means of Schedule Tribes class.

Munda additionally moved amendments within the invoice, which is able to once more go to the Lok Sabha for its nod.

The invoice was earlier handed by the Lok Sabha in April this yr.

The invoice seeks to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1967 (ST Order) and the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 (SC Order) with respect to its software to Uttar Pradesh.

It seeks to amend the Scheduled Castes order to exclude the Gond group as a Scheduled Caste in 4 districts of Uttar Pradesh: Chandauli, Kushinagar, Sant Kabir Nagar, and Sant Ravidas Nagar.

It seeks to amend the ST order to recognise the Gond group as a Scheduled Tribe in these 4 districts.

The minister mentioned the Uttar Pradesh authorities had written a letter associated to the Gond group on April 22, 1981 stating that on the idea of their way of life, tradition and from each features, they exhibited characters of scheduled tribe.

He added that in these days, the Gond group was included beneath STs in different states.

The minister rued that the difficulty has remained unresolved until now with the folks of the group unable to boost their voice on the Centre.

He additionally lamented that the then authorities didn’t implement the suggestions of the Lokur Committee for the uplift of tribals, protecting in thoughts their tradition, way of life, closeness to nature and backwardness, and provides them their constitutional rights.

As a consequence, he mentioned the nation is going through the difficulty of tribals being left behind within the progress and growth witnessed by India.

The authorities beneath Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been working for the betterment of tribals within the final eight years and would proceed to take action, Munda mentioned.

Taking a dig on the Opposition over their perspective in the direction of tribals, Munda mentioned if they’d cared, the primary girl President from tribal group Droupadi Murmu would have been elected to the highest constitutional submit unanimously and now a few of them have even began criticising her as properly.

NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday handed a invoice that seeks to incorporate the Gond group within the Scheduled Tribes class in elements of Uttar Pradesh.

The Rajya Sabha handed by a voice vote the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022, with some amendments.

The invoice was launched by Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda on Tuesday.

Replying to the dialogue on the invoice, Munda mentioned the difficulty has been pending since Eighties and blamed the then Congress-led authorities for ignoring the plight of the group and denying them their constitutional rights by means of Schedule Tribes class.

Munda additionally moved amendments within the invoice, which is able to once more go to the Lok Sabha for its nod.

The invoice was earlier handed by the Lok Sabha in April this yr.

The invoice seeks to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1967 (ST Order) and the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 (SC Order) with respect to its software to Uttar Pradesh.

It seeks to amend the Scheduled Castes order to exclude the Gond group as a Scheduled Caste in 4 districts of Uttar Pradesh: Chandauli, Kushinagar, Sant Kabir Nagar, and Sant Ravidas Nagar.

It seeks to amend the ST order to recognise the Gond group as a Scheduled Tribe in these 4 districts.

The minister mentioned the Uttar Pradesh authorities had written a letter associated to the Gond group on April 22, 1981 stating that on the idea of their way of life, tradition and from each features, they exhibited characters of scheduled tribe.

He added that in these days, the Gond group was included beneath STs in different states.

The minister rued that the difficulty has remained unresolved until now with the folks of the group unable to boost their voice on the Centre.

He additionally lamented that the then authorities didn’t implement the suggestions of the Lokur Committee for the uplift of tribals, protecting in thoughts their tradition, way of life, closeness to nature and backwardness, and provides them their constitutional rights.

As a consequence, he mentioned the nation is going through the difficulty of tribals being left behind within the progress and growth witnessed by India.

The authorities beneath Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been working for the betterment of tribals within the final eight years and would proceed to take action, Munda mentioned.

Taking a dig on the Opposition over their perspective in the direction of tribals, Munda mentioned if they’d cared, the primary girl President from tribal group Droupadi Murmu would have been elected to the highest constitutional submit unanimously and now a few of them have even began criticising her as properly.