Kanker. Arvind Netam, a senior tribal leader from Chhattisgarh, has recently left the Congress party. Now they are going to form a new party ‘Humar Raj’ under the leadership of tribal society. He has also started the process of forming a new party. Netam has also sent the name of the party for registration to the Election Commission.

Mr. Netam said during a press conference in Kanker that, upset with the anti-tribal policy of the Congress government, I have resigned from the party and now the tribal community itself will enter the political arena to fight for its rights. He said that the party can field its candidates on 50 seats in the assembly elections to be held in Chhattisgarh this year. Along with this, Netam has informed that the talks for alliance with BSP and CPI are going on.

Discussion for alliance with BSP and CPI

He said that 29 seats are reserved for the tribal class in the state. The party will field its candidates on all these, along with there are about 20 seats where the tribal voters are 20 to 80 thousand. In such a situation, if any other society expresses the desire to contest elections along with our tribal society, then we will support them and they will also be given a ticket from the party. Mr. Netam said that talks are on for an alliance with the BSP and the CPI. It is almost certain to contest elections together. Arvind Netam also disclosed that he himself would not contest the elections.

Allegations of weakening the PESA law, abolishing the rights of the Gram Sabha

In the press conference, Mr. Netam said that the Congress government here has flouted the PESA Act enacted in 1996. This government has abolished the rights of the Gram Sabha given in the PESA Act. Now the tribal society has been forced to enter the political arena for its rights.

Netam has been a Union Minister twice

Arvind Netam resigned from the Congress on 9 August. He sent his resignation to AICC and State Congress President Deepak Baij. Tell that Arvind Netam is the patron of all tribal society. He has also been a minister in the governments of Indira Gandhi and Narasimha Rao.

State leadership’s attitude uncooperative

In the resignation, Mr. Netam wrote that, I am an active member of the Congress Party. Coming back to the Congress 5 years ago on the call of the then President Rahul Gandhi, I always tried to strengthen the party with my experience, but I was disappointed due to the non-cooperative attitude of the state leadership.

Complaint of the state government to the Congress leadership

In his resignation letter sent to the AICC, Mr. Netam had also written that the state government was working against the constitutional rights given to the tribal community in the state. He wrote that in the PESA Act 1996, the Congress government has abolished the rights of the tribal community on water, forest and land in the Gram Sabha. In this way, this government is anti-tribal, so I am resigning from the primary membership of the party on the occasion of World Tribal Day. I have always been getting guidance and blessings from the central leadership, I express my gratitude to the party for that.