AP Adivasi JAC demands jobs for only tribals in Agency areas
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu should keep his promise of implementing 100% reservation in Scheduled Areas to STs, said JAC ASR district chairman Rama Rao Dora in a statement on Sunday. Only ST candidates should be appointed as teachers in the tribal areas in the recent DSC notification for teachers, he said.
The JAC leader recalled that former Chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao had issued G.O. no. 275 to remove the inequalities being faced by the tribal people in social, education and employment sectors. Subsequently, Mr. Naidu as the Chief Minister brought out G.O. no. 3 to overcome legal challenges.
The Constitution has made it clear that it was the responsibility of the governments to safeguard the job prospects of the tribal people living in the scheduled areas, he added.
While welcoming the decision to hold review meetings with Tribal Welfare Director Pratibha Bharathi with all ITDAs on G.O. no. 3 and on other tribal welfare acts, Mr. Rama Rao sought that an IAS officer should be specially appointed to hear the views of the tribal people and take representations from them.
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