A group of activists under the aegis of various organisations, including the Adivasi Gothra Mahasabha (AGM), is preparing to stage a fast in front of the collectorate here on theInternational Day of the World’s Indigenous People on August 9, expressing solidarity with an indefinite agitation launched by a group of tribal women at Mananthavadi demanding the closure of a Kerala State Beverages Corporation (Bevco) outlet there.
Addressing a press conference on Monday, M. Geethanandan, coordinator, AGM; K.K. Mujeeb Rahman, coordinator, Kerala Madyanirodhana Samithi (KMS); and N. Maniyappan, secretary, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes coordination committee, said though the tribal women under the aegis of Adivasi Forum had been staging the agitation for the past 200 days, the government was yet to take any steps to close the outlet.
