Tribal our bodies maintain mega rally for ‘Sarna’ code in Jharkhand

By PTI

RANCHI: Thousands of tribals from Jharkhand and different components of the nation held a mega rally right here on Sunday to press for his or her demand to incorporate ‘Sarna’ as a separate faith for indigenous folks within the subsequent census.

Donning their conventional apparel, women and men, belonging to numerous tribal communities, held placards and banners and raised slogans for implementation of the ‘Sarna’ code, threatening to boycott the 2024 Lok Sabha polls if the demand was not met earlier than the overall elections.

A separate ‘Sarna’ code within the census is the important thing to a definite identification for tribals as with out it, they’re labeled as Hindus or Muslims or Christians.

‘Sarna’ followers are nature worshippers and so they have been combating for a separate non secular identification for many years.

Under the banner of Rashtriya Adivasi Samaj Sarna Dharm Raksha Abhiyan (RASSDRA), members of a number of tribal our bodies from 17 districts of Jharkhand and representatives of many such organisations from Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Assam took half within the ‘Maharally’.

‘Sarna’ dharma non secular chief Bandhan Tigga, who led the rally, mentioned the tribal organisations selected Jharkhand for the programme because the state is the “epicentre of this tribal movement” within the nation.

“Earlier, we had staged a rally in Delhi but the Centre did not pay heed to our demand,” he claimed.

Speaking to PTI on the sidelines of the rally, Tigga mentioned they might organise one other mega rally in Delhi earlier than the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

“If the Centre does not include the ‘Sarna’ code in the upcoming census, tribals of the country may not participate in the election process,” he mentioned.

More than 100 tribal folks from neighbouring Nepal additionally participated within the rally right here to increase their assist to the Rashtirya Adivasi Samaj Sarna Dharm Raksha Abhiyan’s demand, one of many organisers claimed.

Ram Kishun Oraon, central president of Raji Pahda Sarna Prarthi Sabha (Nepal), claimed that they’ve “come here to support the demand of their tribal brethren in India”.

“We urge the Indian government to fulfil the long-pending demand of tribals,” he mentioned.

The Jharkhand Assembly on November 11, 2020, handed a decision for the availability of a separate ‘Sarna’ code for tribals.

Tigga mentioned, “A similar resolution was passed in the West Bengal Assembly on February 17, 2023, and sent for the Centre’s approval. Odisha and Chhattisgarh are also preparing to send similar proposals to the Centre soon.”

RANCHI: Thousands of tribals from Jharkhand and different components of the nation held a mega rally right here on Sunday to press for his or her demand to incorporate ‘Sarna’ as a separate faith for indigenous folks within the subsequent census.

Donning their conventional apparel, women and men, belonging to numerous tribal communities, held placards and banners and raised slogans for implementation of the ‘Sarna’ code, threatening to boycott the 2024 Lok Sabha polls if the demand was not met earlier than the overall elections.

A separate ‘Sarna’ code within the census is the important thing to a definite identification for tribals as with out it, they’re labeled as Hindus or Muslims or Christians.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

‘Sarna’ followers are nature worshippers and so they have been combating for a separate non secular identification for many years.

Under the banner of Rashtriya Adivasi Samaj Sarna Dharm Raksha Abhiyan (RASSDRA), members of a number of tribal our bodies from 17 districts of Jharkhand and representatives of many such organisations from Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Assam took half within the ‘Maharally’.

‘Sarna’ dharma non secular chief Bandhan Tigga, who led the rally, mentioned the tribal organisations selected Jharkhand for the programme because the state is the “epicentre of this tribal movement” within the nation.

“Earlier, we had staged a rally in Delhi but the Centre did not pay heed to our demand,” he claimed.

Speaking to PTI on the sidelines of the rally, Tigga mentioned they might organise one other mega rally in Delhi earlier than the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

“If the Centre does not include the ‘Sarna’ code in the upcoming census, tribals of the country may not participate in the election process,” he mentioned.

More than 100 tribal folks from neighbouring Nepal additionally participated within the rally right here to increase their assist to the Rashtirya Adivasi Samaj Sarna Dharm Raksha Abhiyan’s demand, one of many organisers claimed.

Ram Kishun Oraon, central president of Raji Pahda Sarna Prarthi Sabha (Nepal), claimed that they’ve “come here to support the demand of their tribal brethren in India”.

“We urge the Indian government to fulfil the long-pending demand of tribals,” he mentioned.

The Jharkhand Assembly on November 11, 2020, handed a decision for the availability of a separate ‘Sarna’ code for tribals.

Tigga mentioned, “A similar resolution was passed in the West Bengal Assembly on February 17, 2023, and sent for the Centre’s approval. Odisha and Chhattisgarh are also preparing to send similar proposals to the Centre soon.”