Mumbai, Aug. 25 -- Maharashtra State Congress Committee President Harshvardhan Sapkal demanded the resignation of Tribal Development Minister Ashok Uike on Tuesday after meeting tribal students who have been on a hunger strike in Pune, Nashik, Wardha and Palghar, for 12 days.
The tribal students have been protesting against unsafe hostels which lack proper food, tribal students suffering injuries and deaths, and female tribal students returning after extended absence allegedly being made to undergo "pregnancy tests" to prove their "fitness".
"Tribal Development Minister Ashok Uike told Rahul Gandhi that he does not have the latest information on tribal issues. If he does not have any information regarding his own department, then why is h...