Tag: Sarna

  • 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.”

  • JMM to meet LS Speaker on Sarna code

    Members of the ruling UPA alliance in Jharkhand have decided to meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over the inclusion of Sarna Adivasi religion code in 2021 Census.

    “A delegation of senior JMM leaders, including our MP (Rajmahal MP Vijay Hansdak) and several MLAs will be seeking an appointment with Lok Sabha Speaker (Om Birla) and place before him the necessity of including Sarna/Adivasi religion code in the 2021 Census for safeguarding the identity of tribals across the country and Jharkhand. We are waiting for the announcement of the next Lok Sabha session and would meet the Speaker soon after the commencement of the session,” JMM general secretary and spokesperson Supriyo Bhattacharjee said.

    The JMM leader also called upon the BJP MPs, who comprise a majority in Jharkhand, to come forward and join hands with the JMM on this issue. “The NDA has 12 MPs and they should also join hands with us in requesting for the inclusion of the Sarna/Adivasi religion code in the Census 2021 if they are serious about this issue,” Bhattacharjee said.

  • Special Jharkhand assembly session on Nov 11 to pass resolution on Sarna Code

    The Jharkhand government has decided to convene a special Assembly session on Wednesday to pass a resolution for the provision of a separate Sarna Code for tribals in the state and forward it to the Centre.
    The decision in this regard was taken during a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Hemant Soren here on Monday, a government spokesperson said.
    The council of ministers approved holding of the fourth special session of the fifth Jharkhand Assembly on November 11, he said.
    The resolution will seek a special column for followers of the Sarna religion in the Census, 2021. At present, they are not classified as a separate entity.

  • Jharkhand assembly passes resolution on Sarna Code

    The Jharkhand assembly has unanimously passed a resolution seeking the inclusion of Sarna as a separate religion in census, 2021. Chief minister Hemant Soren said the resolution, passed during a special one-day assembly session on Wednesday, will now be sent to the centre for approval.

    The opposition parties gave a proposal demanding a discussion on the resolution, which speaker Rabindra Nath Mahato accepted. BJP legislators proposed an amendment to the resolution seeking removal of the oblique from ‘tribal/Sarna’ word in it.

    Soren said his government is sensitive to people’s sentiments and accepted the amendment, after which all the parties supported the resolution.

  • Special Jharkhand assembly session on Nov 11 to pass resolution on Sarna Code

    The Jharkhand government has decided to convene a special Assembly session on Wednesday to pass a resolution for the provision of a separate Sarna Code for tribals in the state and forward it to the Centre.
    The decision in this regard was taken during a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Hemant Soren here on Monday, a government spokesperson said.
    The council of ministers approved holding of the fourth special session of the fifth Jharkhand Assembly on November 11, he said.
    The resolution will seek a special column for followers of the Sarna religion in the Census, 2021. At present, they are not classified as a separate entity.