Rajniti aur Adivashi, my perspective .Part 1

As per the census 2001 ,http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/dh_st_jharkhand.pdf

Jharkhand has 26.3% STs
Districtwise gumla(68.4%),ranchi and pakur (41-42%),lohardaga and paschimi Singbhum has more than 50% ST population .

Highest population among tribes is of Santal out of 30 other tribe.They have highest in Dumka followed by Purbi Singbhum and then Pakur and Sahibganj.In Girdih its 90.8%


Now see the Lok Sabha constituencies: http://www.indian-elections.com/jharkhand/index.html

1 - Rajmahal(ST) 2 - Dumka(ST) 3 - Godda
4 - Chatra 5 - Kodarma 6 - Giridih
7 - Dhanbad 8 - Ranchi 9 - Jamshedpur
10 - Singhbhum(ST) 11 - Khunti(ST) 12 - Lohardaga(ST)
13 - Palamu(SC) 14 - Hazaribagh

In a tribal state like jharkhand , only 5 ST constituencies ........aaaaahha....really funny .........

Now check the legislative constituencies :.......http://www.indian-elections.com/assembly-elections/jharkhand/jharkhand-assembly-constituencies05-phase-1.html

Out of 81 there are only 28 ST seats .Earlier it was 33 now 28 .......recently we heard abt "Delimition Act" which was to further reduce the seats to 21 ...

Lets analyse the situation in Orissa .......http://ceoorissa.nic.in/erollpdf.asp?Pc=9

In Orissa 147 assembly seats .....Out of which only 33 are ST ......
For Lok Sabha only 5 out of 21 .


This is our representation in State .

Pathetic thing is that there are many more seats which can be ST seats but unfortunately they could not because of the less population density caused by migration.

Constituencies like Kalahandi,phulbani ,bolangir can be made tribal if population density is more .Even some more seats could be ST seats .....Like balesore,jaleswar,

In jharkhand also you manually check which could have been Tribal constituencies ...In many areas kordah,kodarma,girdih could be made ST if there were still fair density of tribals ..........

Why are we loosing our voice in Govt day by day??

Lets analyse ........
Migration is the chief reason for poor population density in Orissa and Jharkhand.
Tribal Population has scattered or densely concentrated in one place.

Tribal people migrated in three ways

1: Labour migration :Rich contractors own these labourers and for any kind of construction work take them along with them .These ppl hav inhabited wherever they got place ...... [i]wo bhi kya karee , bhuk toh sabko lagti hai[/i]In cities these people stay as slum dwellers where they have hardly a significant participation in law making bodies.They live in small chunks ,few families together .


2: migration because of marriages
I find it funny that a lot of people oppose inter caste marriage . So its rare to see a Ho and a Santal couple ....things get worse this way ...It becomes difficult to get a suitable groom in locally ,so brides move across villages .....and leave their place after marriage which is obvious for a girl.

I have observed one peculiar fact " this kind of migration leads to uneven population density .The areas where tribals are more ,they are flooded with few more .Wherever there is a high sex ratio under 15 now ...will soon be found "Suna Suna ,empty" after 10 yrs ......Observe it carefully.

3: migration of educated mass for jobs and better employment:
My father used to vote in mayurbhanj constituency some 30 yrs back ....now he votes in bhubaneswar constituency .There are thousands ,lakhs (if all tribals taken into account )are doing jobs in various cities and towns .
They are in small clusters in big cities .Do u think their votes matter ???

Hypothetically if a tribal candidate contest from a non-tribal constituency .Will he ever win?

We do not thrust on our women folk to reproduce more babies .We do not marry within the family and near kith and kins in order to utilise the fertility to increase our head count.

How can we increase our influence?