Tribal chief John Barla was inducted into the Prime Minister Narendra Modi cupboard on Wednesday, strengthening the brand new crew’s concept of ‘Sabka Vikas’.
Barla was elected to the Lok Sabha, from Alipurduar district (West Bengal) within the 2019 basic election. Hailing from a tribal household, he started his political profession in 2007 as a member of Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad (ABAVP).
In keeping with an article in Hindustan Occasions, he briefly flirted with the concept of being part of ‘the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) earlier than dumping them — the tribal chief joined the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) in 2014.’
In 2017, Barla delivered the Alipurduars seat with a margin of 243,000 to BJP, because of his large community of native tribals and labour unions.
Barla has been vocal about tribal training and the plight of tea backyard employees in North Bengal. Earlier this yr, Barla raked up the demand for a separate identification for North Bengal, which didn’t go down nicely with Trinamool Congress. A number of FIRs have been lodged in opposition to Barla following the comment.
PTI reported Barla saying, ” With the intention to escape from such atrocities, I raised the demand for North Bengal to be declared a union territory,” he mentioned. “I’ll take this matter up with Delhi (management).”
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