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It's insulting to call 'adivasis' as 'vanvasis': NCP chief Sharad Pawar
Updated On: 12 March, 2023 08:00 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Some people prefer to call tribals 'vanvasis' as in those who live in forests. It will not be an exaggeration if I say that it is an insult to call tribals as 'vanvasis'. They are 'adivasi', the former Union minister said without naming anyone
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Sharad Pawar. File Pic
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying that it was insulting to call tribals or 'adivasis' as "vanvasis", and those who use that term show their ignorance.
He was speaking at a function here.
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