PANJIM: President of United Tribal Association Alliance (UTAA) organisation Prakash Velip on Thursday demanded 12 per cent reservation at Goa Medical College for those Goan tribal aspirants who have cracked the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) examination.
While addressing the media persons, he also demanded political reservation and that the project of Tribal Bhavan, construction work of which is underway at Porvorim, be speeded up and completed as fast as possible.
Stating that the recent tribal Census conducted in Goa showed decline of 1.2 k, Velip appealed the people of tribal community to actively participate in the tribal census in order to avoid any discrepancy.
Fearing that the negligence in enrollment will affect the system of reservation, Velip urged the Goan tribals to come forward and enroll without hiding the identity.
He requested the tribal community to show their identity to the Census officers and enroll themselves in the list of tribal community.
Adding further Velip informed that the 11th Martyr Day in the memory of two tribal youth, late Manguesh Gaonkar and Dilip Velip, who were killed in UTAA agitation that was staged at Balli in 2011, will be observed on May 25, at Institute Menezes Braganza Hall, Panjim, from 10.30 am. He also informed that the World Tribal Day will be celebrated at Rajiv Kala Mandir, Ponda on August 9.
“Awareness programmes will be conducted in different talukas of the State to make tribal people aware and realise the importance of this day. The Remembrance Day will be organised by the Department of Tribal Welfare in collaboration with UTAA.”
