Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has met a delegation of tribal leaders from the Great Nicobar Island who are opposing the Great Nicobar project and assured them that he will raise their issues in Parliament and visit the islands to see the reality on the ground. “I met a delegation of tribal leaders from Great Nicobar Island, along with leaders of the Adivasi Congress. This is about people, their identity, and their right to live with dignity on their own land,” Mr. Gandhi said. | Explained“They told me how over 800 families will lose their land to the Great Nicobar Project, including Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups,” he said. Also Read | The Great Nicobar project: Between the sea and the stateAnd yet today, they are being pushed to the margins, he added.

Source: The Hindu March 26, 2026 08:38 UTC