Nikhil Utkal Adivasi Congress

The Nikhil Utkal Adivasi Congress ('All Orissa Tribal Congress') was a tribal political movemenent in the Indian state of Orissa. It was launched on the initiative of leaders of the Indian National Congress in Orissa, who wanted to counter-mobilize against the territorial claims of the Jharkhand Party on the Orissa tribal belt.[1] The organization was founded by Lal Ranjit Singh Bariha in late 1950.[2][3] Bariha, Tribal Welfare Minister in the pre-1952 Orissa state government, was accompanied by other ministers in building the organization in the Orissa tribal belt.[3][4] The Abibasi Mahasabha led by Sonaram Soren merged into the Nikhil Utkal Adivasi Congress.[5] In 1951 the Nikhil Utkal Adivasi Congress was able to counter the Jharkhand movement in Orissa, leading to the marginalization of the latter in Orissa politics.[2] In September 1951 Sonaram Soren was named Acting President of Nikhil Utkal Adivasi Congress.[6]

The organization contested the 1952 elections in alliance with the Indian National Congress.[7] The Nikhil Utkal Adivasi Congress won five seats in the 1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election.[8] Sonaram Soren was one of the elected legislators and was named became Minister of Tribal and Rural Welfare, Labour and Commerce in the state government.[6] The Nikhil Utkal Adivasi Congress supported the Congress government during its 1952-1957 tenure.[9] Its legislators later joined the Orissa Congress Legislative Party.[3] T. Sanganna, the Nikhil Utkal Adivasi Congress Vice President and who had been elected from the Rayagada-Phulbani seat in the 1952 Indian general election, formed a one-member parliamentary faction of Nikhil Utkal Adivasi Congress in the Lok Sabha.[10][11][12] Moreover, Sibnarayan Singh Mahapatra, who was elected as a Member of Parliament from Sundargarh, served as the treasurer of the Nikhil Utkal Adivasi Congress and President of one of its district units from April 1951.[13] Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Sunder Mohun Hemrom was a member of the organization from 1950 onwards.[14]

The organization again contested the 1957 elections.[3]

References

  1. ^ Buddhadeb Chaudhuri (1992). Ethnopolitics and Identity Crisis. Inter-India Publications. p. 331. ISBN 978-81-210-0274-5.
  2. ^ a b Suratha Kumar Malik (15 June 2020). Land Alienation and Politics of Tribal Exploitation in India. Springer Nature. p. 28. ISBN 9789811553820.
  3. ^ a b c d S. N. Sadasivan (1977). Party and democracy in India. Tata McGraw-Hill. p. 68. ISBN 9780070965911.
  4. ^ Frederick George Bailey (1963). Politics and Social Change. University of California Press. p. 200. GGKEY:K8CXUAE1FLW.
  5. ^ T. V. Rama Rao; G. D. Binani (1954). India at a Glance: A Comprehensive Reference Book on India. Orient Longmans. p. 511.
  6. ^ a b Sir Stanley Reed (1954). The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. Bennett, Coleman & Company. p. 1295.
  7. ^ Sadanand Vasudeo Kogekar; Richard Leonard Park (1956). Reports on the Indian General Elections, 1951-52. Popular Book Depot. p. 122.
  8. ^ Indian Recorder & Digest. 1957. p. 51.
  9. ^ Sukadev Nanda (1979). Coalitional Politics in Orissa. Sterling. p. 146.
  10. ^ Lok Sabha. First Lok Sabha - Party Wise Details - Nikhil Utkal Adibasi Congress
  11. ^ Trilochan Singh (1954). Indian Parliament (1952-57): "Personalities"-Series 2 Authentic, Comprehensive and Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of Members of the Two Houses of Parliament. Arunam & Sheel. p. 37.
  12. ^ B.L. Shankar; Valerian Rodrigues (15 December 2014). The Indian Parliament: A Democracy at Work. OUP India. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-19-908825-6.
  13. ^ Lok Sabha. MAHAPATRA, SHRI SIBNARAYAN SINGH
  14. ^ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (1955). Who's who. Rajya Sabha Secretariat. p. 78.


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