RSS-affiliate demands ordinance to prevent tribal evictions

It blames central government for not putting facts before Supreme Court and not speaking up after the order. Tribal groups to launch country-wide protests

The Union government should either come out with an ordinance or appeal before the Supreme Court to stay its order on evictions of more than 10 million tribals and other forestdwellers, the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram (VKA) said on February 25.

The organisation said in its statement that two weeks after the Supreme Court order was passed the Union government has remained silent leading to anger and concern in the tribal societies. The Supreme Court order, it said would only add to the decades of injustice that tribal and other forest-dwelling communities had faced.

VKA is an affiliate of the Rashtrayia Swyamsevak Sangh