Fishermen in Puducherry urge V Narayanasamy for ST status

'CM should take up the matter with PM Modi during his visit to Delhi,' said the NFF chairman

The National Fish Workers Forum on Saturday requested Chief Minister V Narayanasamy to urge the centre to issue a notification on granting scheduled tribes status for fishermen in Puducherry.

NFF Chairman M Ilango said in a release here on Saturday that the chief minister should take up the matter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Delhi next week.

He said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had already persuaded the centre in this regard and Puducherry should also emulate her to ensure that ST status was conferred on fishermen in the Union Territory.

Ilango also wanted the Centre to ensure next round of talks between the fishermen of Tamil Nadu and their counterparts in Sri Lanka to tackle issues cropping up quite often.