CALLING TRIBAL PEOPLE ‘VANVASI’ ATTACK ON THEIR RIGHTS: RAHUL

Referring to the tribal communities as “Vanvasi” instead of “Adivasi” was an attack ontheir rights and the word “Van-vasi” strips their claim as owners of the land, water and forests of India, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Monday.

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“Vanvasi means you were not the original owners, someone else was. But Adivasi means this country was yours— the water, the forests, the land were yours. Ifyou are Adivasi, then the country owes you a debt,” Gandhi said, while addressing a tribal convention in Gujarat'