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Rahul Gandhi Launches District-Level Drive to Empower Tribal Leaders and Safeguard Land Rights

The Congress will appoint community leaders across pilot districts with a tribal legal council to contest dispossessions from digital land records.

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Overview

  • On June 27, Rahul Gandhi announced that Congress will appoint district presidents from tribal, Dalit, OBC and other marginalized communities under its Sangthan Srujan Abhiyan.
  • The party will provide financial support to appointees and decentralize decision-making from New Delhi to local districts.
  • He envisions each district grooming 10 to 15 tribal leaders capable of addressing local concerns and recruiting new members.
  • The initiative includes forming a tribal legal council to take legal action for families who lost ancestral land during the digitalisation of land records.
  • Gandhi assured that tribal youth will be given priority on party tickets in constituencies across Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jharkhand.