New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- Bharatiya Janata Party Udaipur MP Mannalal Rawat on Wednesday assumed charge as the national president of the BJP's Scheduled Tribe Morcha.

Union Tribal Affairs Minister Juel Oram, Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Durgadas Uikey, BJP National Organiser V Satish, former national president Sameer Oraon, Union Minister Savitri Thakur, MP Nagendra, Mukesh Bhai Rathwa and other senior party leaders, office-bearers and workers were present at the charge-taking ceremony.

Addressing the gathering, Mannalal Rawat said the country is rapidly transforming under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the tribal community is moving strongly towards the mainstream of development.

He said that along with de...