Ranchi: Taking strong exception to the BJP calling the tribals ‘Vanvasis’,  Congress MP and LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said the saffron party is trying to destroy the history of Adivasis.
He was addressing the 'Samvidhan Samman Sammelan' here on Saturday.

"When the people of BJP call the tribals as Vanvasis, what are they trying to do? They are trying to destroy your way of living, history, and science, which you have been following for thousands of years...Adivasi means those who were the first owners while Vanvasi means those who live in the forest...When this word is used, it is not just a word. It is your entire history…,” he said. 

“I have studied in the education system of India...You will find only 10-15 lines about the tribals... What is their history, what is their way of living... nothing is written about that...The word OBC was used for you. Is this your name?... Who said you are backward?...You are not given your rights...Where is the history of the farmers, labourers, carpenters, barbers, cobblers who have built this country?..." he added.