Maharashtra Tribal Development Minister Ashok Uike said the government will provide written assurances to Adivasi students protesting in Pune. The students had been on a 16-day hunger strike over demands including ₹1 crore compensation for Gadchiroli ST school deaths and recruitment for 12,500 ST posts. The government said their concerns were positively considered after discussions.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India]: Maharashtra Tribal Development Minister Ashok Uike on Saturday said that the Mahayuti government will provide written assurances to protesting Adivasi students in Pune, who have been sitting on a hunger strike pressing their demands, including compensation to victims' kin who died at a Scheduled Tribe (ST) residential school in Gadchiroli.
Uike said that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has positively considered their demands.
Adivasi students are on an indefinite hunger strike at the Hostel in the Manjari area of Pune, demanding action on various long-pending issues concerning Adivasi students. They have been demanding compensation of Rs 1 crore each for three who died of snakebites at a ST residential school in Gadchiroli.
Other major demands include the immediate implementation of the pending recruitment process for 12,500 ST posts and other ST recruitment vacancies across the state. They have also demanded the reinstatement and permanent appointment of PESA employees who were relieved from service.
