Maharashtra: Positive efforts for inclusion of Dhangar community in Scheduled Tribe category, states Chief Minister Eknath Shinde
Maharashtra: Positive efforts for inclusion of Dhangar community in Scheduled Tribe category, states Chief Minister Eknath Shinde
Mumbai, September 16 – Positive steps will be taken for inclusion of the Dhangar community in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category. Efforts are on to ensure that the admittance should be sustainable in the framework of law and should not be an injustice on any other community, said Chief Minister Shri Eknath Shinde here, today.
A meeting between the Chief Minister Shri Eknath Shinde with the delegation of Dhangar Samaj coordination committee was today held at the Sahyadri state guest house on the backdrop of demand made by the Dhangar community for the inclusion in Scheduled Tribe category and agitation following the demand, thereby.
The chief minister had a telephonic interaction with the agitators and enquired about them. State excise minister Shambhuraj Desai, additional chief secretary of the home department Dr I S Chahal, principal secretary of the tribal development department Vijay Waghmare, secretary of social justice department Ganesh Patil were also present during the meeting. The Other Backward Bahujan Welfare minister Atul Save, principal secretary Vinita Ved Singhal participated in the meeting through video conferencing.
Speaking on the occasion chief minister Shri Shinde said that the demand for inclusion of the Dhangar community in the Scheduled Tribe category has been pending for many years and in order to ensure the inclusion, the prescribed procedure of the law will have to be followed. He further said that for this, the efforts for follow- up at the secretariat level will be immediately started. He also said that the opinion of the Advocate General of the state, law and justice department will also be taken. Along with the tribal development department, secretaries of other departments and the members of the coordination committee should actively participate and action should be initiated with immediate effect regarding other demands, the chief minister directed.
The directions were also given for submitting the report to the Dr Sudhakar Shinde committee, established for the inclusion of the Dhangar community in the Scheduled Tribe, as early as possible. During the meeting, Dr Shinde gave the information about the functioning of the committee.
