A two-day national convention of Scheduled Tribes wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be held in the city on February 2 and 3.
Issues like depriving SCs of their rights, non-implementation of Central schemes for them and their other problems would be discussed in detail at the convention, said BJP ST Morcha State president Rabi Naik here on Sunday.
He said over 5,000 tribal leaders, Ministers, MLAs and ZP presidents from across the country would attend the convention.
He said ‘Adibashinkapain Bhubaneswar Chala’ rally, involving over one lakh tribals, would be held in the city on February 3 in protest against the State Government’s lackadaisical attitude towards them. BJP national president Amit Shah would address the rally.