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Gujarat Congress MLA asks tribals to take up bow and arrows to fight govt

Gujarat Congress MLA Mangal Gavit has stirred up a controversy by asking agitating tribals to pick up their traditional weapon, bow and arrows to make the BJP government accept their demands.

Gujarat Congress MLA Mangal Gavit
Gujarat Congress MLA Mangal Gavit
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Published : Feb 8, 2020, 7:56 AM IST

Ahmedabad(Gujrat): Gujarat Congress MLA Mangal Gavit has stirred up a controversy by asking agitating tribals to pick up their traditional weapon, bow and arrows to make the BJP government accept their demands.

In a video which went viral on Friday, Gavit, a tribal leader and legislator from Dang district, is heard telling protesters that the government will not heed mere agitations.

"This government will not accept our demands due to satyagraha and agitations. If the need arises, we should pick up bow and arrows, which is our symbol, and fight against the government until the government accepts our demands," he said.

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He was addressing the agitators in `Satyagraha Chhavni' area of Gandhinagar. After the video went viral, Gavit said he had made the statement on February 5.

"These tribals want the government to cancel all the Scheduled Tribe (ST) caste certificate issued to non-tribal communities such as Rabari and Bharwad. "We also want the government to fill up government vacancies as per the quota allotted to STs," Gavit told sources.

On Thursday, tribal development minister Ganpat Vasava had assured the agitators that the government will not accept caste certificates of "fake tribals" in the recruitment process.

(PTI copy)

Ahmedabad(Gujrat): Gujarat Congress MLA Mangal Gavit has stirred up a controversy by asking agitating tribals to pick up their traditional weapon, bow and arrows to make the BJP government accept their demands.

In a video which went viral on Friday, Gavit, a tribal leader and legislator from Dang district, is heard telling protesters that the government will not heed mere agitations.

"This government will not accept our demands due to satyagraha and agitations. If the need arises, we should pick up bow and arrows, which is our symbol, and fight against the government until the government accepts our demands," he said.

Also read: Pangolins suspected to be the possible coronavirus host

He was addressing the agitators in `Satyagraha Chhavni' area of Gandhinagar. After the video went viral, Gavit said he had made the statement on February 5.

"These tribals want the government to cancel all the Scheduled Tribe (ST) caste certificate issued to non-tribal communities such as Rabari and Bharwad. "We also want the government to fill up government vacancies as per the quota allotted to STs," Gavit told sources.

On Thursday, tribal development minister Ganpat Vasava had assured the agitators that the government will not accept caste certificates of "fake tribals" in the recruitment process.

(PTI copy)

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Guj: MLA asks tribals to take up bow and arrows to fight govt
         Ahmedabad, Feb 7 (PTI) Gujarat Congress MLA Mangal
Gavit has stirred up a controversy by asking agitating tribals
to pick up their traditional weapon -- bow and arrows -- to
make the BJP government accept their demands.
         In a video which went viral on Friday, Gavit, a tribal
leader and legislator from Dang district, is heard telling
protesters that the government will not heed mere agitations.
         "This government will not accept our demands due to
satyagraha and agitations. If the need arises, we should pick
up bow and arrows, which is our symbol, and fight against the
government until the government accepts our demands," he said.
         He was addressing the agitators in `Satyagraha
Chhavni' area of Gandhinagar.
         After the video went viral, Gavit said he had made the
statement on February 5.
         "These tribals want the government to cancel all the
Scheduled Tribe (ST) caste certificate issued to non-tribal
communities such as Rabari and Bharwad.
         "We also want the government to fill up government
vacancies as per the quota allotted to STs," Gavit told PTI.
         On Thursday, tribal development minister Ganpat Vasava
had assured the agitators that the government will not accept
caste certificates of "fake tribals" in the recruitment
process. PTI PJT PD
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