Chalo Dispur Rally: Over 55,000 tribals from 30 districts of Assam joins the rally — Know the details
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Chalo Dispur Rally: Over 55,000 tribals from 30 districts of Assam joins the rally — Know the details

Thousands of people from tribal communities in Assam took out a big rally in Guwahati on March 26, demanding a ban on religious conversion of tribals across the State and to remove the Scheduled Tribe status of people who have converted to other religions

by NJ Thakuria
Mar 28, 2023, 03:30 pm IST
in Bharat, Assam
( A massive rally called ‘Chalo Dispur’ organised at Khanapara Veterinary field Guwahati on March 26 )

( A massive rally called ‘Chalo Dispur’ organised at Khanapara Veterinary field Guwahati on March 26 )

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The massive rally on anti-conversion and delisting of Schedule Tribe (ST) status possessed by converted individuals, which surfaced on March 26, 2023, in Guwahati, maintains the potential to influence the socio-cultural and political scenario of North East India in the days to come.

Organised by Janajati Dharma Sanskriti Suraksha Manch (JDSSM-Assam), the unique rally witnessed the participation of over 55,000 tribal people from 30 districts of Assam.

 

Wearing traditional attire, the participants also carried folk musical instruments in the ‘Chalo Dispur’ rally. They raised voices against the religious conversion among the tribals in the region and insisted on removing those ST individuals who had undergone a religious conversion from the list of beneficiaries under various relevant Government facilities.

On various occasions, Janajati Suraksha Manch (JSM) leaders claim that the ST status is given to them to protect their traditional, cultural and linguistic identities. But a large number of tribal families have adopted foreign religions like Christianity and Islam in recent decades. Maintaining the movement for over 18 years across the country, the National body remains clear in mind that the families, who convert to Christianity and Islam should not enjoy the benefits of reservation and other Government-endorsed facilities meant for the ST people.

They expressed concern that the relentless religious conversion among the ST families has been ruining the tribal people. They highlighted that the religious conversion continues to increase alarmingly in Assam, where the tribals emerge as vulnerable to the process. The 2011 census indicated that 87.93 per cent of Nagaland’s population were practising Christians. Their population accounts 87.16 per cent (of the total populace) in Mizoram, 74.59 per cent in Meghalaya, 41.29 per cent in Manipur, 30.26 per cent in Arunachal Pradesh and 3.74 per cent in Assam.

Advocating to prevent unethical religious conversion, the forum also urges both the Union and concerned State Governments for amending Article 342 A of the Constitution (where the matter of benefits to socially and educationally backward classes is highlighted) and equalise with Article 341 for Scheduled Caste (if any SC person is converted to any other religion, he/she should be automatically delisted from the reservation parameter).

“We are not against any religion or anybody getting converted by their own wishes as it is permitted by the Constitution. We are only concerned about protecting our culture, custom, ritual and languages,” said Binud Kumbang, co-convener of JDSSM-Assam. Speaking to this writer recently, Kumbang also added that many converted ST families gradually change their religious, cultural and other customary traditional practices, but they continue taking benefits meant for the ST people.

A major objective of the rally was to insist on delisting the converted ST families who have completely given up their tribal culture, customs, rituals, traditions and their original way of life in due course of time after conversion, said Manturam Kohram, convener of JDSSM-Assam, adding that the organisation has been sending separate memorandums to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi via Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria highlighting their core demands.

The splendid rally was also graced by a number of nationally acclaimed personalities like Surya Narayan Suri (Akhil Bharatiya Sangathan Mantri- JSM), Satyendra Singh (JSM central observer), Prakash Singh Uikeji and Ravindra Uike (executive members of JSM) with others. They unanimously called concerned authorities to prevent those converted individuals from contesting in various local, regional and National elections in constituencies reserved for the ST candidates.

In the beginning, tribal rituals were performed by Boro, Karbi, Tiwa, Dimasha, Rabha and Mising people, following which JDSSM-Assam president Bogiram Boro hoisted the official flag. More than ten tribal folk dance troupes performed in the program. Community speakers like Babita Brahma, Pratap Terang, Tarun Chandra Rabha, Kameswar Pator, etc., also delivered speeches on the menace of conversion that are engulfing the tribal communities. Should not it be the time to ponder about the pertinent issue, which is extremely relevant to the North-Eastern States, and has a pragmatic discussion and resolution so that the beneficiaries for particular Government provisions can be selected logically and legally across the vast country in its Amrit Kal!

Topics: AssamGuwahatiNorth East IndiaJanajati Dharma Sanskriti Suraksha ManchChalo Dispur RallyMassive rally on anti-conversionReligious conversion among the ST families
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