Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president and MP Nandkumar Singh Chouhan while addressing a public meeting at Thandla in Petlawad called on the tribal people to participate in large numbers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting at Bhabra in Alirajpur district on August 9.
Chouhan said, “The seeds of revolution are always sown in the Tribal areas, historical participation of tribals in the freedom struggle is proof of that.”
He added, “Tribal community would register same historic presence in the rally of PM Modi on August 9 at Great revolutionary Chandra Shekhar Azad’s birthplace Bhabra. Huge sea of people from Jhabua district including male and females would take part in the rally and would assimilate the inspiring call of PM Modi.”
Chouhan further said that the former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee realised the pain of tribal areas during his stay in this tribal belt that the forest and environment act’s strictness has made tribals life miserable.”
He said, “Understanding their problem Vajpayee came out with an act in that tribals having possession of the land are provide with the right to live over it. Under that forest rights act over 2.25 lakh tribals have been provided with the Patta of the land they were possessing.”
Chief Minister of the State Shivraj Singh Chouhan has provided the facility of construction of houses on the basis Patta of forest land. This is also an important phase of the prosperity of the tribal areas, he added.
He said that PM Modi has pioneered in making the lives of villagers, poor, farmers, tribals, scheduled caste, backwards and others prosper.Many schemes have been launched by the central and State Governments in this regard. The tribals but participating in the rally on August 9 would not only make it a huge success but would also become more aware with their rights, he added.