The Chhattisgarh government has banned the Adivasi organisation for a year, eliciting criticism from activists and civil society groups who expressed solidarity with the group.

The ban was imposed on October 30 under the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act, 2005. The government alleged that the organisation had been “continuously opposing and instigating the general public against the developmental works” being carried out in Maoist-affected areas.

The government also accused the organisation of instigating people against security camps built for these developmental projects. It said that the group was “interfering in the administration of law and promoting disobedience to the and facilitating disobedience to institutions established by law and thereby disturbing public order, peace and endangering safety of citizens, which is prejudicial to the security of the State”.