It was the tribals in Khunti — a district practically in the backyard of state capital Ranchi — who started using ”pathalgadi” as a form of protest against the centre
Ranchi: Mere hours after being sworn-in, Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s Jharkhand government announced its first cabinet decision late Sunday evening – to drop all cases against tribals in connection with the Pathalgadi movement of 2017. In a tweet posted by its Information and Public Relations department, the government said its council of ministers had opposed amendments to the Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act (CNT) and the Santhal Paragana Tenancy (SPT) Act – both of which protect tribals’ land rights – and had withdrawn all sedition cases filed as a result of massive protests against the state government.
Sunday’s decision signifies that Chief Minister Hemant Soren is aware of the simmering discontent among tribals over cases lodged against them and, after sweeping seats reserved for that community in the election, has decided to address their grievances on a priority basis.
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