Bhubaneswar, May 14 -- Intensifying its attack on the Odisha government over alleged large-scale tribal displacement, the Odisha Congress on Thursday sought Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati's immediate intervention, accusing the state administration of forcibly uprooting tribal communities and stripping them of their traditional rights over jal, jangal, zameen (water, forest, and land).
A Congress delegation led by Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President Bhakta Charan Das met the Governor and submitted a memorandum highlighting what it described as systematic injustice against tribal populations under the guise of industrial development.
The memorandum alleged that thousands of tribal families across Odisha have been displaced in ...