NEED FOR 6TH SCHEDULE.....

Undivided Bastar is larger in geographical area then Kerala State. Primitive
culture art, tradition and Adivasi life style has the power to destroy
imperialism. The best scholars in the world are doing research on how the
tribals lead to happy and lengthy life even in the absence of material
comforts. The study on their genes are also going on.

Under article 244 of the Indian constitution scheduled areas were
established under fifth schedule where all the administrative and executive
power will be in the hands of native people. Today they are fighting for
their rights through the reservations provided to them by the constitution.
They had their own culture and customs. According to that culture for them
their society is the highest.

Today in Bastar Bhoomkal Manjhi Govt. system is going on by Manjhi Sarkar,
Pargana, Manjhis, Chalkis, Permad, Gyata, Pujaris and Barelas according to
their primitive tradition. Even Mughal emperors also respected them. But the
suppressive and exploitative policies of the Britishers led Bhoomkal Manjhi
Govt. to revolt. This freedom movement was led by Amarvir Gundadhar. This
movement affected the whole Bastar State.

The leader of the Bhhomkal Manjhi Govt. Amarvir Gundadhar shouted the slogan
– "We want Adivasi Muriya Raj". This Bhoomkal movement was known as
Bhoomkal blood revolution. In 1911 British Govt. declared Bastar as
independent state before the leadership of martyr Gundadhar.

The puja is performed of Rajarao Bhatta Rao on Raoghat hills. There is a
huge temple of Purwatraj and Maoli Mata, Danteshwari's fair is organized
every year.

Raoghat is also called as Raodongri, there are many herbal plants on this
hill including huge forest cover. This hill is the soul of human being as
it has the valuable stones and NTFP like Mahua, Sal seed, Tori etc.

In that case mining on this hill is against the primitive culture of the
tribes. In the month June 2007 huge crowd of tribe demonstrated campaign
against the mining of Raoghat hill. The Raoghat hill is the natural place of
workship, where all human beings live in harmony. In today's modern age also
life is not possible without forest. In the 1990-91 census of trees by
forest department, there were 7.1 thousand million trees on Raoghat. So
destroying this forest in also against public interest. Bastar is a tribal
dominated area. So the MNCs under the pressure of world market are looting
the natural resources in the name of industrialization. There are Vaishnav
Devi temple and Bamleshwari temple on this hill. Both these (Shaktipeeths)
powerful holy place are centre of belief of Bastar. But the centre of
worship and beliefs of tribes has no place in the thinking of capitalism.

Some people are trying to suppress tribal people and remove them from their
native places in the name of development. Tribal culture is at the verge of
destruction, so this is the need of the hour to implement sixth schedule in
tribal area.

Ratneshwar Nath