‘Community chiefs should solve disputes of people amicably’

BHUBANESWAR: “The heads and chiefs of various castes and tribes in the State should solve the disputes of their community people in the way of mutual understanding,” said social activist Dr Krushna Gopalji while addressing the mass on the inauguration of the State-level conference of Heads and Chiefs of Jati and Janajati here on Saturday.

Gopalji also said the simple and poor people of the community are getting trouble due to police cases, land problems and some other problems which could be solved by the people of the community. The heads and chiefs (Mukhias) of the Jatis and Janajatis should help their people to live in peace, he added.

The two-day conference was organised by the Jati Janajati Sanskrutika Samaroha Samiti, a forum working for betterment of the tribes and sub-tribes in the State, for the first time in the State where 2500 people across the State participated.

“The main aim of organising the conference is to eradicate these evils and establish social harmony based on mutual trust and cooperation and to motivate them to join the national mainstream,” said Samiti president Arun Kumar Panda. A mega public meeting would be organised at the Lower PMG on Sunday, said Samiti secretary Binay Kumar Bhuyan.

Among others, Mukund Rao Panasikar, Mahesh Tripathy, Sudarshan Nayak, Baba Brajasundar Das from Kaniha, Swami Shivananda Saraswati of Sambalpur and Kasta Charan Das from Redhakhol were present.