Delhi Government Schools Used to House Delegates for RSS-Linked Tribal Convention
Shruti Sharma | 25 May 2026 | The Wire
At least 72 Delhi government schools were used to house delegates attending a large tribal communities’ convention, ‘Janjati Sanskritik Samagam’, organised at the Red Fort on Sunday (May 24) by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated Janjati Suraksha Manch (JSM) and Akhil Bharatiya Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram (ABVKA), and another NGO Janajati Jagriti Samiti. Union home minister Amit Shah was the chief speaker at the event.
The convention was held to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Adivasi icon Birsa Munda. Many Adivasi groups and activists had called for a boycott of the event, arguing that “the fundamental ideology underpinning this conclave is anti-Adivasi”. At the event, Shah referred to it as a “Janjatiya Mahakumbh”. ABVKA claimed that the event was attended by 1.5 lakh people from 550 tribal communities…