PMO Responds To Demands Of Bundeli Community After They Fasted For 259 Days, Wrote 35 Letters In Blood

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has written to the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, asking him to take immediate action on the demands of the Bundeli community, who have been protesting for better health services in the region. The PMO has also asked the Chief Secretary to inform the PMO and the protesters about the steps taken.

The PMO’s letter came after the Bundeli community members sent letters written with blood to the Prime Minister on the 99th birthday of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, seeking his attention to their plight. 

Tara Patkar Bundelkhandi, the convenor of Bundeli Samaj, said he received the letter from the PMO on January 10, in which Section Officer Shiksha Sharma conveyed the PMO’s directions.

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The Bundeli community has been demanding the establishment of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bundelkhand, the creation of a separate Bundelkhand state and the promotion of tourism instead of mining in the area. 

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Tara Patkar said he and his colleagues have written 35 letters to the Prime Minister with their blood so far, and have also sent more than a thousand letters from other Bundeli people. He added that they have been fasting for 259 days in Alha Chowk, Mahoba and have been walking barefoot and abstaining from food for the last nine years and one and a half years respectively, as part of their Satyagraha.