What are the main issues behind the political assertion of tribals in modern India ?

Control and rights over forests and other resources and isues of cultural and ethnic identity. Intra tribal fights and inter-tribal fights Nation making and anti-national struggles. morality and cultural issues

Control and rights over forests and other resources and isues of cultural and ethnic identity.

Two broad sets of issues have been most influential in giving rise to tribal movements. These are issues relating to control over vital economic resources like land and especially forests, and issues relating to matters of ethnic-cultural identity. The two can often go together,