Erode (TN), Aug 28 (PTI) The BJP has appealed to the Tamil Nadu government to conduct a separate census for Scheduled Tribes (ST).

The plea was made during the executive meeting of the ST wing of the BJP here on Sunday.

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Tamil Nadu has tribal people living in 1,500 hamlets and they have reportedly not been getting the facilities announced by the Central government. So, the appeal, said an office-bearer of the wing.

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