Though STS and Scheduled Castes (SCs) have 12 and two per cent quotas respectively in jobs and education, tribals still do not have political reservation. However, SCs have one seat reserved for them in the house-Pernem in North Goa.
"We have been deprived of our rights for the last 20 years...if tribals are elected as MLAs from seats reserved for us, they'll raise issues related to us in the assembly," says Govind Shirodkar, spokesperson of the Mission Political Reservation for Scheduled Tribes of Goa, which is spearheading the demand. In addition to the poll boycott, the group, formed in 2022 by tribal organisations in Goa, has also threatened widespread protests if the political quota does not materialise. "The quota may come into effect in the 2027 Goa state assembly election, but we want the notification to be issued (by 2024)," Shirodkar says. The association has launched an awareness campaign in areas with substantial tribal presence. Mission Political Reservation is also seeking the implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, formation of a tribal advisory council (TAC), and declaration of scheduled areas.
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