Meetei (Meitei) ST Demand: HAC upset over Manipur High Court order
IFP Bureau21 Apr 2023
ATSUM decries Manipur High Court judgment on Meetei (Meitei) ST demand.
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ATSUM decries Manipur High Court judgment on Meetei (Meitei) ST demand.
Hill Area Committee (HAC) resolved to appeal to the concerned authority to immediately stop cultivation of poppy and destroy the plantations.
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IFP Editorial: Former ADCs members and new aspirants have every reason to be angry and devastated, as the state government is encroaching upon what should have been the responsibility or power and functions of elected representatives of the Autonomous District Council.
HAC chairman Dinganglung Gangmei (Dipu): Bill needs to be politically feasible, socially acceptable, legally sustainable.
The All Tribal Students' Union, Manipur (ATSUM) General Assembly was held at Haipi village in Kangpokpi district.
The 8th anniversary of the BJP-led Central government was held under the slogan ‘Gareeb Kalyan Samelaan’ in Ukhrul.
The ATSUM termed the attempt on the life of Leishiyo, who is a strong proponent of the ADC Bill 2021, as cowardly and sinister and a direct affront to the interest of the tribal people of the state.
The Manipur Tribal Forum Delhi held a mass rally on Saturday in Delhi on Saturday, demanding introduction of HAC recommended ADC Bill 2021 in the Manipur Legislative Assembly.
ATSUM has called for total shutdown in Manipur hill districts on Saturday with the demand for the HAC recommended ADC Bill 2021 to be tabled in the Manipur Legislative Assembly.
Letpao Haokip who is also a member of the Hill Area Committee (HAC) of the draft bill, ‘The Manipur (Hill Areas) Autonomous District Council Bill, 2021’ said the bill should be constituted under rules and regulations of the Indian Constitution and no person can make objections against it.
The Hill Area Committee has termed the government meeting notice on November 27 "ultra vires" which directly contradicts the Rules of Procedure and Conduct Of Business in Manipur Legislative Assembly and thereby breaking all conventions as followed by the Legislature since the creation of the state in 1972.
The MPRFM stated that the District Councils Bill 2021 recommended by HAC is less about devolution of powers to ADC and more about granting powers, especially, executive powers to Hill Areas Committee.
ATSUM president urged the tribal community to stand united until the tabling of the bill in the assembly is achieved.
A 12-hour bandh has been called in Senapati district, starting from 6 am of Wednesday endorsing the call of the ATSUM to boycott the state’s “Go to Hills 2.0” campaign.
The decision to proceed with the ‘Go to Hills 2.0’ programmes, after aggressive moves to push forward discriminatory and unconstitutional policies, is a direct insult to the tribal and indigenous communities in Manipur, a release stated.
The student body also appealed to the general public not to participate in the upcoming Go to Hills 2.0 which is due for Senapati district.
The student bodies claimed that the non-tabling of the Hill Areas Committee Bill, 2021 and the subsequent move to include nine valley MLAs in the HAC is completely “anti-tribal”.
Three MLAs of Manipur Congress who were inducted as members of the HAC also resigned from the membership of the committee on Saturday.
The Kuki Inpi Manipur stated the inclusion of nine assembly constituencies in the HAC is nothing but an attempt to interfere with and encroach into the functioning of the Hill Areas Committee.