Activists protest displacement of tribals

 Activists across the country have demanded stopping displacement of the tribals in Chhattisgarh’s naxal-infested Bastar region, expressing concern over increasing victimization of students in university campuses.

Activists who gathered under the banner All India People’s Forum on Monday accused the government of presiding over the oppression of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes by multinationals in regions like Bastar.

Worst victims

“In the name of anti-Maoist oppressions, local people are being wiped out. The para-military forces are helping big companies to evict local people. This is being done in the name of anti-Maoists oppression,” said an activist from Bastar.

 PUCL leader Vinayak Sen, out on bail in a sedition case, cautioned that India is going through the phase of unprecedented malnourishment, in which tribals and the poor are worst victims of it.