The State government’s proposed move to hike the reservation for SC/ST communities has sparked fresh demands for internal reservations by the forest-based tribes and adivasis.
They have also threatened to launch a stir in support of their demands and have argued that failure to introduce internal reservation will result in derailment of the concept of social justice as envisaged by B.R. Ambedkar.
Development through Education (DEED), a Hunsur-based NGO fighting for tribal rights, Zilla Buddakattu Krishikara Sangha, a tribal organisation fighting for its rights and other organisations have said that without internal reservation, the purpose for which the SC/ST quota was being hiked, will not be served.
