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Rajasthan tribals to march to parliament to protest against eviction notice

02 Mar 2019, 04:30AM ISTSource: GIST

A Supreme Court recent order on the time-bound eviction of tribals and other households living in forests, whose claims have been rejected by the authorities under the Forest Rights Act, has triggered a huge furore in Rajasthan's tribal belt. Over 5,000 workers of the Bheel Tribal Party (BTP) that has just debuted in the Rajasthan assembly, along with tribals from Udaipur and other surrounding aeas, have decided to march to parliament on March 2 to register their protest against the eviction oder,The Supreme Court has directed 16 state governments to evict around one million Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (OTFD) as their claims for the right to live in forests have been rejected under the Forest Rights Act. The court has directed that the evictions be carried out by July 12.In Rajasthan, 13,49,586 families will be affected by the order.

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