Brinda Karat deplores removal of Valmiki tribe from website
The Hindu
Ms. Karat wondered as to how could the government deprive the Valmiki tribe of the right given to them by the Constitution.
CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat has termed the removal of the Valmiki tribe from the list of Scheduled Tribes on the Government of Andhra Pradesh website ‘a violation of the Constitution’.
The CPI(M) national leader visited the dharna camp being organised by the Tribal Employees Union at Gandhi Statue near the GVMC building on Thursday and expressed solidarity with them.
Ms. Karat wondered as to how could the government deprive the Valmiki tribe of the right given to them by the Constitution. She demanded that the officials who were responsible for the deletion of the Valmiki tribe from the ST list be terminated from service.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.