Pyte: For the last 25 years, BJP district president Sharad Butte Patil and his colleagues have been constantly trying to make Diwali sweet for the tribal community of Pimpri-Pyte group.

Thakar, a farm labourer from the adivasi community, and the Katkari community cannot celebrate Diwali due to financial difficulties.

BJP district president Sharad Buttepatil said, "Sharad Buttepatil and his colleagues have been distributing Diwali snacks and grocery kits for the last 25 years to make diwali sweet.

The event was held at Ganeshkhind in Talwade. Around 300 women and youth from seven tribal Thakarwadi and Katkari bastis of Koye, Paite, Talwade, Kohinde Budruk villages were present on the occasion.

Seven kg of grocery kits including rava, maida, sugar, edible oil, soap and coconut oil were distributed to 300 families along with Diwali snacks.

Among those present on the occasion were Sarpanch of Talwade village Venutai Bomble, former Sarpanch of Kohinde Budruk, Poonabai Pardhi, Sanjay Rondhal, Santosh Hagwane, Hanumant Bomble, Houshiram Walunj, Maruti Kolekar, Sabaji Koyte, Dattatreya Mandekar,

Rohidas Mandekar, Sunil Shinde, Vaibhav Kolekar, Anil Kalwade, Sudhir Rale, Sagar Rale, Santosh Rale. Bajirao Pardhi, Balasaheb Bhalerao, Navnath Dore and others from the Thakar community expressed their views on the occasion.