Question

Why do Adivasi activists, including C.K. Janu, believe that
Adivasis can also use this 1989 Act to fight against
dispossession? Is there anything specific in the provisions of
the Act that allows her to believe this?

Answer 1

Adivasis activists used the 1989 Act to fight against their dispossession because this act guarantees them their right to own their own land.

Explanation:

• The Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes ( Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989 was an act passed by the Government of India, which protects the adivasis from the atrocities from the state as well as from other non tribals.
• It also gives them the rights to own their lands and that they cannot be disposed from their lands.
• It also guarantees the people the justice and to live their life with self esteem and dignity.

Answer 2

Answer:

The Adivasi activists including C.K Janu believe that Adivasis can also use this 1989 Act to fight dispossession because this Act guarantees the tribals not to be dispossessed from the land and resources forcibly. Their land cannot be sold or bought by non-tribal people. The Constitution also guarantees the right of the tribal people to repossess their land.