Heavy ruckus during public hearing in Gwalior – photo: video grab Detail During the public hearing at the Gwalior District Magistrate’s Office in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, Mongia tribal women There was a lot of commotion. These women first had an argument with the officers and then one of them poured petrol on himself. This created a stir in the collector’s office. Mongia tribal women of Gwalior are angry with the cancellation of their tribal caste certificates. These women had also met Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia two days ago regarding this. Scindia assured him of solving the problem. During the public hearing, the officials of Gwalior district administration said that the certificates were canceled on their own demand. They are now victims of delusion. After this, hundreds of women demonstrated fiercely outside the collector’s office. Children without caste certificate are not getting admission in schools
It was told that during the public hearing more than 10 women reached and started a ruckus. They said that their SC certificates have been canceled and now they are not making new ones. Due to this their children have been expelled from schools and hostels. For six months have been going round for the certificate, but no one is listening.
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The woman poured petrol on herself
Amidst the uproar, a woman making noise took out a bottle of petrol and poured it on herself. Took. As soon as the stench of petrol spread, there was a stampede in the public hearing room. Meanwhile, people caught the woman so that she might not set herself on fire. Meanwhile, the police and administration personnel managed to take the women out of the hearing room and collector’s office, but they started protesting outside. Only then, after getting the information, many more women reached the collectorate and started raising slogans. Mongia family lives on a hill in Jhansi Road police station area
These women of Mongia caste and their families live on a hill located in Jhansi Road police station area of Gwalior. They have more families than 10. This hill is called Scindia Nagar. They say that they belong to the Mongia caste and the administration had made their SC certificates, but they said that they are Mongia tribals, so the word tribal should be written in their certificates. Thereafter their certificates were canceled and new ones are not being generated. They are troubled by circling.
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Children removed from schools and hostels
Sunita Mongia, the woman who poured petrol on herself, says that her caste certificate is being canceled. Since their children are being pulled out of school. They are not being allowed to appear in the examination. Caste certificate is being sought. Many children used to live in tribal hostels, they are being thrown out. Mongias do not come under the Scheduled Tribes: SDM
Public Hearing SDM CB Prasad of Jhansi Road area present in the meeting says that these people had met us earlier also. Their Scheduled Tribe certificates were also issued, but investigation revealed that they do not belong to the Scheduled Tribes, but to the Scheduled Castes, so their caste certificates were canceled and they were told to apply for SC certificates. Apply, but they are pressurizing to issue ST certificate, while we told that facilities are same for both. Today, the women of this caste tried to create chaos in the public hearing, but we controlled it. Women had also met Scindia, she had said ‘I am not’
These women of Mongia caste had met Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia at Jyvilas Palace last days. In this, he had said that no one is listening to him, because he does not have any leader. Scindia had said on this that ‘I am not’. Scindia had assured that he would get the matter seen today itself. The video of the conversation between Scindia and these women went viral on social media. ,
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