Explain the problems raised in the Constituent Assembly about the tribals. What did they want for them?
The issue of the tribals was raised in the Constituent Assembly mainly by N. G. Ranga and Jaipal Singh. N. G. Ranga referred to them as the oppressed people. He highlighted their problems which are as under: They were uprooted from the place where they lived. They were devoid of the jungles and meadows. They were forced to run in search of new houses. They were looked down upon by society as they were primitive and backward. The tribals had their own laws and lands. No one can snatch them. But many traders bought their land in the name of the open market. They enslaved the tribal people and kept them as slaves from generation to generation.Jaipal laid stress on the point that the hiatus between the tribals and the rest of the society must be filled. The emotional and material gap between them and the society must be filled up. He pleaded that seats must be reserved for the tribals in the Assembly. It will compel the people to hear the voice of the tribals and to go near them.
