Dr. M. Shankar Naik (Ex Minister Karnataka)
President, All India Banjara Seva Sangh (AIBSS)

Office: 26/B, 2nd Main, C.I.L. Colony, Opp. Police Station, Sanjay Nagar, Bangalore-560094, (India).

Phone: 080-23413700 (Residence), Cell: +91-94482-12313.

State and National Units of AIBSS will be reorganized very soon
New Delhi, November 5, 2006: State and National Units of AIBSS will be reorganized very soon. These words, Dr. M. Shankar Naik, said in his speech in front of the gathering of nationwide activists of Goaar Community at Andhra Bhawan, New Delhi on 4th Novemember.

This meeting was the first meeting in two years after sad demise of Ex-President Mr. Ranjit Naik. In the presence of Mrs. Chander Kala Naik wife of Late Mr. Ranjit Naik (Architect of Banjaras), all speakers appreciate the work done by Late Mr. Rankjit Naik.

Mostly speakers present suggestions about the strong structure of All India Banjara Seva Sangh. Prominent Workers from different states said in their speech, that the demand of the time is, give place to the active workers of Goaar Community in Organigation, instead of SHOW-PIECES. Dr. M. Shankar Naik, President AIBSS, assured the activists, that National Body will fight for reservation rights of different groups of Banjaras in all states.

Prominent personalities from different states, who attended the national level meeing, were as follows: Mrs. Chander Kala Naik, D. Ravinder Naik, MP (Andhra Pradesh), Hari Bhau Rathod, MP (Maharashtra), K. G. Banjara (Gujarat), Harbans Lalka, Jagir Singh Khalsa, Sucha Singh Dharamsaut, Inder Singh Valjaut, Gurnam Singh Rathod, Kashmir Singh, Shinda Ram Kheeva, Sunder Lal (Panjab), Maan Singh Parmar, Prof. Abhay Singh Parmar (Himachal), Malik Chand Jagat, Sunil Khanna (Haryana), Amar Singh (Utranchal Pradesh), Netrapal Singh Naik (Uttar Pradesh), Surjan Lal Panwar, Roshan Lal Rathod (New Delhi), Din Dayal Chauhan (Chhatisgarh), Kishore Chander Naik, Sakru Rathod (Orissa), Madan Singh Chauhan (Rajasthan), Mrs. J. Naik, MLC (Karnataka) and many others. This meeting was presided over by Dr. M. Shankar Naik, National President of AIBSS. (Goaars of India News Beaureu)

Meeting of All India Banjara Seva Sangh (AIBSS) will be held at New Delhi on 4th November
A Letter from Dr. M. Shankar Naik President

Dear Goaar Bhai and Bahno! I am pleased to inform you that we had a meeting with AIBSS Office bearers and taken charge whatever material was available. I am also thinking to visit every state to consult the members and office bearers to restructure state unit as well as national unit. In this regard to discuss elaborately as informed earlier, I have fixed meeting in New Delhi on 4th November at 10 AM in "Andhra Bhawan", Man Singh Road. So once again I whole heartedly welcome you to attend the meeting alongwith your office bearers of both the state unit and national unit.

Marriage of son of Mr. Roshan Lal (Vice President of AIBSS) is going to be celebrated on 2nd November in Kurukshetra and also reception on 3rd evening in New Delhi. He has requested me to invite you all and he might be sending wedding invitation to you also. Thanking You. (Milenge Zarur Delhi Mein). Yours Sincerely, Dr. M. Shankar Naik, President, AIBSS, Office: 26/b, 2nd Main, C.I.L. Colony, Opp. Police Station, Sanjay Nagar, Bangalore-560094, India. Phone: 080-23413700 (R), Cell: 91-94482-12313.

Golden jubilee celebrations of Banjara Sangha from Jan 31, 2004
GULBARGA, January 25, 2004: The All India Banjara Seva Sangha (AIBSS) will host its Golden Jubilee celebrations on January 31 at Digras of Yavatamala district in Maharashtra.

Speaking to the media persons AIBSS National General Secretary Subash Ratod said, around 1.5 lakh Lambani’s from various parts of the country and Tribe representatives from 24 countries would participate in the celebrations. Congress party President Sonia Gandhi would inaugurate the function, NCP President Sharad Pawar and Maharastra Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde would be the guests, he added.

Mr Subash Ratod explained that many representatives from the state would also participate under the leadership of AIBSS State President and Former Minister Dr Shankar Nayak. He urged to include the Lambani language ‘Goaar Boli’ to eightth schedule of the constitution. An appeal has been made to the Union Government to include Banjara community to Scheduled Tribes in all the states like Karnataka , Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, he added.

Original organisation: The Sangha National President said All India Banajara Seva Sangha is representing six crores of Banjara community who are residing at 26 States and three Union Territory.

Mr Subash Ratod mentioned that Minister for Libraries Baburao Chauhan resigned from the post of designate working President of the Sangha last year when a notice was served to him for working against the party.

He said Mr Baburao Chauhan had started a separate All India Banjara Seva Sangha and has called for a meeting on February 8 in Delhi. Mr Subash Ratod alleged Baburao Chauhan for copying the name of the original sangha and misleading the public. In this regard the Sangha has decided to seek court justice, he added.

Golden Jubilee Rally of Banjaras
DIGRAS (MAHARASHTRA), JAN. 31, 2004 (Arunkumar Bhatt): The Leader of the Opposition and Congress president, Sonia Gandhi today assailed the National Democratic Government's move for an vote on account and said that it was nothing but "empty slogans and a joke."

Ms. Gandhi said the BJP-led Government had "no guts to present the full budget" as it feared that it would expose the Government. "If they really wanted to do something for the poor and the farmers, why did they not do anything in the past four to five years and why did they not fulfil their poll promises," she asked. She was speaking at the Golden Jubilee convention of the All-India Banjara Seva Sangh (AIBSS) here.

Ms. Gandhi virtually turned the Banjara convention into her party's election rally and was unmindful of the absence of the Nationalist Congress Party leader, Sharad Pawar, who was expected to join her on the dais.

She did not refer to him at all. The NCP was, however, represented by the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker, Arun Gujarati. Also present were the Chief Minister, Sushilkumar Shinde, and the Deputy Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, Shivraj Patil.

She said that the BJP-led Government was "deceiving" the people and it was a Government of "price rise and unemployment." She alleged that "corruption under this Government surpassed all previous levels."

Ms. Gandhi mentioned the steps taken by the Maharashtra Government for the education of students belonging to nomadic tribes such as the Banjaras but did not comment on the principal demands of the community — its inclusion either in the Scheduled Tribes list or the creation of a third schedule for communities such as theirs and a place for their dialect, Gor Boli, in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.

In an apparent bid to reclaim the party's traditional constituency of the backward communities, Ms. Gandhi said that the late Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, and her successor, Rajiv Gandhi, had great sympathy for these communities.

She said the Union Government had not helped Maharashtra fully in meeting the drought conditions and observed that against the State's demand for Rs. 1700 crores, New Delhi had provided only Rs. 50 crores. (With Thanks from The Hindu)