Chekot Karian Janu (born 1970) is an Indian social activist.She is also the leader of Adivasi Gothra Maha Sabha, a social movement that has been agitating since 2001 for redistribution of land to the landless tribal people in Kerala. The movement has positioned itself under the aegis of the Dalit-Adivasi Action Council. In 2016, she has announced a new political party, Janathipahya Rashtriya Sabha, which is contesting Kerala assembly polls in alliance with BJP, as a part of NDA. Janu was born in chekot, near Mananthavady, a tribal village, in Wayanad to poor tribal parents who were from Ravula community, called Adiya due to their historical background, one of the several tribal groups in Kerala who used to be indentured labourers. Adiya literally means slave and are mostly landless agricultural labourers. She did not have any formal education but learned to read and write through a literacy campaign that was conducted in Wayanad. Wikipedia
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