Sujit Jharia had come home to Mandla’s Birsa village to vote, but joined a protest instead. I came back to vote because this is one way to make politicians hear our voice. I am in the protest because no party has resettled us so far.”At least 70 under-30 men from Birsa like Sujit work in other states as daily wage labourers. Later, they began arguing with each other if a vote boycott is the way forward. The dam officials said they don’t have the power to declare us submerged, and the MLA said he will ask (chief minister) Kamal Nath to intervene.

Source: The Telegraph April 30, 2019 01:18 UTC