RAIPUR: Tribal communities in Chhattisgarh have called for a boycott of the National Tribal Dance Festival, to be organized from November one to three, even as the opposition BJP urged the state government to cancel the event in the light of resentment among tribals after ST reservation in jobs and educational institutions dwindled from 32% to 20% following a recent High Court decision.
Chhattisgarh Sarva Adivasi Samaj, an umbrella organization of various tribal bodies, has announced boycott of the three-day dance festival, alleging that the state government doesn’t seem to be honest in preserving 32% reservation of tribal communities. Similarly, the Samaj strongly opposed the state government’s decision to end cent percent priority to local youths in the government jobs in the notified areas of Bastar, Surguja and Bilaspur divisions.
