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Watch | Khunti: Will the Pathalgadi Movement Have Any Impact on the Elections?

The Wire Staff
May 04, 2019
Rocks with engravings of the 5th Schedule of the Indian constitution have been erected all over the region demanding safeguarding of tribal rights.

In this special story from the Khunti Lok Sabha constituency, we speak to voters about the Pathalgadi movement and try to understand if it will have any impact on the elections. A tribal-dominated region, Khunti was a massive uprising against attempts to amend the Chotanagpur Tenanct and Santhal Pargana Tenance Acts. Rocks with engravings of the 5th Schedule of the Indian constitution have been erected all over the region demanding safeguarding of tribal rights.

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