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Pramod Sawant to meet Amit Shah, Arjun Munda to discuss inclusion of Goa’s Dhangars in ST category.


Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant is scheduled to meet Home Minister Amit Shah and Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda on Monday to discuss the inclusion of Goa’s Dhangar community in the Scheduled Tribes category.

Sawant left for Delhi on Sunday along with Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Kavlekar, state Urban Development Minister Milind Naik and Speaker Rajesh Patnekar to meet Shah and Munda. According to government officials, Goa Chief Secretary Parimal Rai, state special advisor consultant for the Social Welfare Department N D Agarwal and Dhangar community members Dr Janu Zore, Dr Rajan Lambor and Dr Shantaram Surme are part of the delegation that left for Delhi on Sunday evening.

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