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Murmu closes 75-day Bastar Dussehra at Muria Darbar

By Drooid · Oct 24, 2026, 4:28 AM UTC · How we work

Center

Grassroots Tribal Democracy

President Droupadi Murmu attended the Muria Darbar tribal assembly in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, on Friday, Oct 23 2026, closing the 75-day Bastar Dussehra festival.
The coverage framed the Darbar as a grassroots democratic practice and a platform for tribal development.
Murmu said leaders’ collective grievance discussion exemplifies grassroots democracy.
Coordinated central-state actions were credited for ending Naxal violence and accelerating aid to tribal entrepreneurs.

Right

BJP Tribal Development Praise

President Droupadi Murmu attended the Muria Darbar tribal assembly in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh on Friday, Oct 23 2026, closing the 75-day Bastar Dussehra festival.
The coverage praises BJP governance, condemns Congress for treating tribes as a vote-bank and urges dispute resolution via traditional leaders like Majhi and Pargana.
President Murmu highlighted accelerated financial assistance for tribal entrepreneurs.
Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai called the President’s visit historic and blamed Congress for vote-banking tribal voters.

Blindspot

President Droupadi Murmu said coordinated central-state actions have ended Naxal violence in the Bastar region, marking a security breakthrough after years of insurgency.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Center-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Right-leaning coverage.

History

Historical Context

In 2005, India launched Operation Green Hunt, a coordinated military campaign that claimed to dismantle Naxalite strongholds across Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. The operation deployed roughly 10,000 central security forces, including the Indian Army, CRPF, and the Special Frontier Force, alongside state police. Today's Muria Darbar gathering mirrors that push, as President Droupadi Murmu and Chief Minister Raman Singh cite the 2005 crackdown to tout ending Naxal violence. The precedent suggests that linking tribal forums to security successes may reinforce central authority while promising further development funds for Bastar's entrepreneurs.

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Grassroots Tribal Democracy

President Droupadi Murmu attended the Muria Darbar tribal assembly in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, on Friday, Oct 23 2026, closing the 75-day Bastar Dussehra festival.
The coverage framed the Darbar as a grassroots democratic practice and a platform for tribal development.
Murmu said leaders’ collective grievance discussion exemplifies grassroots democracy.
Coordinated central-state actions were credited for ending Naxal violence and accelerating aid to tribal entrepreneurs.

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