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May 13 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Following revelations were shared by the #Dalit #Adivasi and EBC communities at a national convention held by the All India Union of Forest Working People #AIUFWP in Delhi in August 2021, 2 years after forced social isolation.
Report by @Countercurrents
countercurrents.org/2022/05/forest…
"caste still remained one of the key instruments of oppression in the remote interiors of India, especially in the feudal domain of the Hindi heartland."
#FRA2006 #UttarPradesh #Hindi #Forest #IndigenousPeoples
Rajkumari, village Naya Basti, Ghoom Nagar in District Sonbhadra in UP, said that her traditionally inherited land in the forest comprising 60 bigha, used for cultivation was set on fire by the local goons during lockdown and destroyed the crops of arhar dal and wheat in 15 bigha
Dharmjit, an adivasi from village Sayal in District Sonbhadra narrated his tragic story, where he alleged that the pandemic and lockdown was used as excuses for destroying forests for illegal trade and the land was being distributed to outsiders.

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