‘The TMC’s work does not filter down’ Tribal activist Laxmi Mandi chats about battles lost, won and continuing in Jungle Mahal Moumita Chaudhuri | | Published 03.01.21, 12:34 AM
Didi has done a lot of work for the people of Jungle Mahal but not everyone in the Trinamul (TMC) party is like her,” says Laxmi Mandi. Laxmi who has a reputation of being quite the activist from the Adivasi community lives in the Salboni block of Bengal’s West Midnapore district. West Midnapore, which is part of the tribal belt of Jungle Mahal alongside Bankura and Purulia districts. “My village has 30 to 35 tribal families. They are chiefly farmers,” she says.