The Assam government and representatives of six communities demanding Scheduled Tribe status have agreed to a tripartite meeting to resolve the issue, following talks with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
The Jharkhand government has taken decisions which, once ratified, will make it easier for the Adivasis to lay claim to certain rights and obtain education and jobs on a preferential basis
Just as the British rulers used to refer to political prisoners during their rule as 'terrorists,' the rulers of today also call people imprisoned for opposing them 'terrorists'.