LoP Singhar's role as MP Adivasi Vikas Parishad chief signals Congress' hope to reconnect with tribals

Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Umang Singhar, recently appointed president of the MP Adivasi Vikas Parishad (MP-AVP), has given the Congress in the state a new hope of reconnecting with tribals and mobilising them towards the party.

- SATYAPRAKASH SHARMA

Established in 1980 in undivided Madhya Pradesh, the Parishad was a key factor in the Congress' success in tribal regions until about two decades ago. However, due to weaker leadership, it lost influence among tribal communities, allowing the BJP to gradually gain ground.

With the appointment of Singhar on December 12 last year as the chief of the Parishad, its activities have again geared up among the tribal communities as he announced the management executive on January 15 days after taking charge of the body.