Dressed in a crisp blue saree, #CKJanu, one of the few #Adivasi leaders in #Kerala, was about to go out campaigning when we caught up with her. As she sat down to speak with us, a few of her supporters, most of them Adivasis as well, got busy preparing her schedule, gathering posters, and holding meetings with visitors.
Adivasis make up 31 percent of #Wayanad’s population and, as such, form an attractive constituency for politicians of all hues. Yet, they have been neglected by the political class as also the society generally.
In this interview with Nidhi Suresh and Aditya Varier, Janu talks about her relationship with the BJP, her demands from the political class, and why she is determined to fight for her place in Kerala’s political system despite being let down so many times, both as an activist and as a politician.
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