With an eye on regaining the support of tribal voters, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a major outreach effort by lauding their contribution to nation-building and hitting out at the Congress for “neglecting” them for years.
“Those who ran governments in the past did not give priority to them. The country's 10% (tribal) population was neglected,” he said, in an apparent attack on the Congress.
Published 15 November 2021, 23:54 IST