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Tribal leaders successful Hunsur person taken beardown objection to the prolonged hold by the State authorities successful recognising wood rights of the Adivasi communities and questioned the nonaccomplishment to rehabilitate the forest-dwellers contempt an bid from the High Court of Karnataka.
In a powerfully worded missive to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah connected Wednesday, the tribal leaders drew attraction to the sufferings of thousands of families displaced from the forests and who proceed to suffer.
The missive dated November 19, 2025, pointed retired that Mr. Siddaramaiah, during his archetypal tenure arsenic the Chief Minister, had promised to recognise and instrumentality the demands of the tribal communities mode backmost successful 2013. He is present the Chief Minister again and contempt repeated reminders successful his 2nd tenure, Mr. Siddaramaiah has continued to disregard the genuine demands of the tribals, the missive stated.
The crux of the contented revolves astir rehabilitation of 3,418 Adivasi families which were identified by the Muzaffar Assadi Committee which was constituted arsenic per a High Court directive.
The leaders pointed retired that though a decennary has passed since the committee submitted its report, and contempt appeals made to the Chief Minister during some his presumption — astir precocious during his sojourn to H.D. Kote connected November 12, 2024, — the authorities has neither implemented the tribunal bid nor granted wood rights nether the Forest Rights Act (FRA).
S. Sreekanth of Development done Education (DEED), an NGO which advocates the origin of Adivasis, said that the large-scale rejection of forest-rights claims successful Mysuru territory has besides been brought to the announcement of the Chief Minister.
Out of 12,500 Aadivasi families, astir 7,000 had submitted applications, but 5,500 were dismissed connected the grounds that they “do not reside wrong the forest”, said Mr. Sreekanth pointing retired that the reasoning was flawed.
The families were forced extracurricular the wood overmuch earlier making it intolerable for them to supply impervious of wood residence adjacent though their displacement itself is documented successful the High Court order, helium added.
The assemblage leaders person argued that that definite provisions of the Forest Rights Act which recognises accepted wood rights, was ignored during the processing of claims.
The missive besides questioned the clubbing of Jenu Kurubas and Betta Kurubas nether the wide Kuruba class during the caller Social and Educational Survey oregon caste census conducted successful the State. It blurred the favoritism betwixt the wood dwelling tribes and the pastoral communities and has enactment the Adivasis astatine a disadvantage situation, said Mr. Sreekanth. “Does the Chief Minister not cognize the quality betwixt the pastoral Kurubas and the tribal Jenu Kurubas who unrecorded successful the forest?’’ helium questioned.
The leaders further expressed disappointment that nary Adivasi has been appointed arsenic an MLC oregon fixed practice successful payment bodies, calling it a betrayal of the government’s assertion of delivering societal justice. The tribal leaders besides attached the earlier memorandum submitted successful 2015 and 2025 and urged Mr. Siddaramaiah to enactment decisively and conscionable their demands.
