First published in Sakshi.
Telugu title: గిరిజనేతర హక్కులు ఆధిపత్యంలో భాగమే!
Writing after a rally at Utnoor that demanded changes to the 1/70 Act and equal rights for non-tribals in Scheduled Areas, he argues that the demand serves landlords, power brokers and politicians who want to weaken tribal land protections, while it exploits the real grievances of Dalit and backward-caste families in those areas.
He calls for the recommendations of the Koneru Ranga Rao Committee to be carried out, for opposition to projects that displace Adivasis, and for unity among oppressed communities through land rights in the plains rather than claims on forest land.