Grand council of tribals taking shape
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02/10/2001
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Hindu (New Delhi)
A grand council of representatives of about 30 tribals in Kerala will be meeting in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday to chart out agitation programmes to press their demand for land and employment. The Joint Action Council of Adivasis and Dalits said in a statement here today that the council would deliberate on their demand for 2.25 lakh acres of land for the 45,000 tribal families in the State and declaration of the land as a tribal areas under Schedule 5 of the Constitution.