Staff Correspondent
Kadamtala, Oct 06: The issue of Jarawa coming to Kadamtala Bazaar and demanding to meet LG, hogged limelight and got prominent media coverage. But when everything is said and done, one wonders whether Jarawa really knows, what they are asking for or what ‘LG’ word means.
Is there a bigger conspiracy behind this entire episode just to misguide the entire world that the Jarawa Tribes are willing to join, so called, mainstream? Andaman Sheekha has found that there are several gaps in the entire ‘Jarawa Protest’ drama of Kadamtala and probably the drama was well scripted and well timed.
According to investigation carried out by Andaman Sheekha a group of people, locally known as ‘shikari party’ (hunters) frequent inside Jarawa Reserve and have a very good relations with some Jarawa youths. Keeping Jarawa youths happy means good business for them. Moreover, if Jarawa tribes are brought to mainstream, they can enter inside the deep forest without any fear.
It has been learnt that during an internal inquiry, some Jarawa youths have now accepted on the record that the members of ‘shikari party’ (Hunters) have instigated them and told them to put demands of meeting LG, opening of schools for Jarawa Childrens. According to reports the Top-Secret recorded statement of Jarawa youths has reached Port Blair but, Administration will never accept this fact, for obvious reasons. Andaman Sheekha is however waiting for an official denial from the Administration, to confirm this input.
Moreover, sources said that all 10 Jarawa were more or less fresh and clean when they entered Kadamtala Village, which means that they had stayed somewhere in the village or nearby areas for one or two days before this Protest and during their stay inside village, they were probably taught well, what to demand. Usually when they come out from deep jungle they have mud all over their body.
In any case, the incident of Jarawa coming inside village and demanding to meet LG, shows that something is terribly wrong in the Tribal Welfare Department and AAJVS. Poaching is perhaps the biggest threat for the Jarawa and the Administration must conduct a thorough inquiry in this regard to find out who had actually masterminded this protest drama and for what reasons. Even if the protest was genuine the Administration must take serious efforts to safeguard the Jarawa from outsiders.
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