MP Pratap Simha said that the benefits meant for adivasis should not be distributed among tribals who have converted to Christianity.
The MP directed the officials at the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA), meeting held at Zilla Panchayat here, on Wednesday. The MP asked the officials to identify the people roaming with Christian cross on their neck. “The government benefits must be stopped immediately for them. They should not be given any reservation,” the MP said.
The MP took the officials to task, claiming that the authorities have failed to provide benefits to real beneficiaries. “No tribal would have converted to Christianity, if the officials concerned distributed the benefits to the people,” he said.
The MP asked the officials to develop the streets where Savarnas (upper caste people) are living. SC/ST colonies are developed under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, but, the areas of Savarnas are not developed, he said.