Gandhinagar: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah today said: I have spoken to all Chief Ministers of BJP ruled states in the situation arising out of Supreme Court’s order on eviction of Tribals living in Forest Areas. The states will be soon filing review petition and care will be taken to safeguard the rights of our tribals and prevent eviction.

Accordingly, Gujarat Government in a statement said, Chief Minister Vijaybhai Rupani has decided that a review petition will be filed after studying the claims made under the Forest Rights Act – 2006, which were rejected by the Supreme Court.

The statement further said: The Chief Minister has also suggested setting-up of a high-level committee for this purpose. The decision was taken by the Chief Minister with a view that even a single rightfully beneficiary vanbandhu should not be deprived from the benefits availing under the Forest Rights Act – 2006.

It should be noted that so far as many as 84,450 claims were accepted under the act in the state.

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