Holding a emergent meeting of the Samiti here yesterday, tribal as well as SC members decided to hold a peace rally on 21st January to ease the tension between the two sections.
The Samiti members demanded stringent action against few people who were fomenting trouble in the district. Though they did not name anybody, implicit references were made to the activities of Lambodhar Kanhar and the kind of government patronage he was receiving.
It may be noted here that Kanhar has projected himself as a leader of the tribals in the district.
Long term peace can only be established of the culprits are booked and the administration acts impartially observed the Samiti members while noting that both tribals and SC people had been living together in the district since centuries and neither side had ever resorted to such large-scale continued violence.
The Samiti meeting was presided by tribal leader Sasibhusan Mallick. A steering committee was also constituted under the chairmanship of Loknath Mallick to organise the mega peace rally.