The Banjara community has finally come up with a concrete plan to tackle dowry among Lambanis by organising an awareness programme in Yadgir on Sunday.
Addressing a press conference in Yadgir on Friday, a former ZP member and leader of All India Banjara Seva Sangha Devraj Naik and a former ZP member Kishan Rathod said that the Banjara community has been suffering from the practice of dowry from the ancient times.
“Poor families have been forced to spend lakhs of rupees during marriage ceremony of their female children in the name of dowry. When the quantum of expenditure rises, they have to sell property to meet it. This is what is becoming a heavy burden on such families among Banjaras. The Banjara Seva Sangh, joining hands with different organisations of Banjaras, has planned to formulate a continuous protest against the practice until its eradication,” they said.
As a preliminary for such protests, the Banjara community is organising the conference against dowry and awareness programme at Santa Sevalal Bhavan in Yadgir on Sunday to make a decision to fight the dowry system, suicide and female foeticide and create respect for female children, Mr. Naik said and added that around 2,000 people of the Banjara community and leaders of different categories will take part in it.
During the programme, the Deputy Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police of Yadgir district will administer an oath to leaders and Banjaras to commit themselves not to give or accept cash or gold or any such thing in terms of dowry, Mr. Rathod said.
Published – July 10, 2026 07:44 pm IST
