Ranchi, July 19 (HS). BJP state president Babulal Marandi on Friday wrote a letter to Chief Minister Hemant Soren regarding the investigation of the declining population of tribals in Santhal Pargana. In this, he has said that the tribal population in Santhal Pargana is in danger. The culture and civilization of the state are also in danger. In such a situation, this has been a very important area geographically and culturally for the tribals living here, whose identity has been a part of the identity of the tribal society here, but in recent decades, clouds of crisis are looming over this area.
Babulal has requested the Chief Minister to take cognizance of this matter and recommend the formation of an SIT and an investigation so that the mystery behind the decreasing population of the tribal society can be revealed. Babulal Marandi has written that due to the illegal migration of Bangladeshi intruders, the society here is trying to save its existence and resources. The intruders are rapidly settling here and are threatening the water, forest and land of the tribal society. They are also torturing mothers, sisters and children with their criminal acts. Even Bangladeshi intruders are forcibly marrying the sisters of the tribal society by luring and threatening them and occupying their land.
Babulal has written while presenting the data that in the year 1951, the number of tribals in Santhal Pargana was 44.67 percent, whereas today it has come down to only 28.11 percent. If this continues, the day is not far when the Santhals will become a minority in Santhal Pargana and this Santhal Pargana, known as the land of tribals, will lose its identity. On the basis of estimated figures, it is clearly reflected in Santhal Pargana that there is no possibility of much difference in the population of tribal community and Muslim community in the year 2021 census or it can also be said that in the year 2021 census, the population of tribal community and Muslim community has become almost equal. This has been anticipated since before and it seems to be proving true.