Jharkhand group protests Sarna code.

• Rashtriya Adivasi Samnvay Samiti, based in Jharkhand, urges Scheduled Tribe associations nationwide to join a protest for a separate Sarna religion code in the upcoming Census.

• The outfit, part of the movement for a separate religion column for Scheduled Tribes communities in India, plans a mass demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on February 28.

• The protest call has been circulated among other outfits, including the Kendriya Sarna Samiti.

• The 2011 Census led to 4.9 lakh people marking their religion as Sarna in the Others column, largely in Jharkhand.