ST demand is a justified demand: Th Basanta Kumar
IFP Bureau15 Apr 2024
Th Basanta Kumar, the BJP candidate for Inner Manipur PC, has expressed his support to the demand to include the Meetei community in the ST list.
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Th Basanta Kumar, the BJP candidate for Inner Manipur PC, has expressed his support to the demand to include the Meetei community in the ST list.
The Schedule Tribe Demand Committee Manipur (STDCM) on Sunday met independent MP candidate Haorungbam Sarat to solidify his stance on the demand to include Meitei/Meetei in the ST list.
Residents of Pangantabi staged a sit-in at the area on Friday chanting the slogan ‘ST Status for Meetei-The Only way Forward’ among various others.
“Every indigenous community in Manipur is on the ST list except for the Meiteis. This has bogged down our growth and development of the community."
The Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee Manipur (STDCM) on Sunday issued a stern call, urging the state government to address the pressing issue without delay.
Given the frequency of ceremonies during the marriage season, it has become a burden for many and especially for those with little means.
“The Kuki community alone will not be able to attack the Meiteis. There is a powerful force standing behind the Kukis."
Former MHRC chairman Khaidem Mani called for collective action to safeguard Manipur from disintegration, irrespective of ideological differences.
The 34 members of the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly demanded that the SoO truce with militants who indulge in killing of innocent civilians and violation of ground rules must be abrogated immediately.
Meetei (Meitei) Tribe Union and Manipur International Youth Centre called upon all the indigenous communities in the state to stand in unity and fight the population war waged by the outsiders.
"MLA should not take political advantage of the situation as the ongoing violence erupted due to the influx of illegal immigrants in the state."
There is no need for sending high level delegations to New Delhi. Make them come to Manipur and convince the people.
STDCM president Yumnam Dhiraj asserted that the Meitei/Meetei's demand for ST inclusion was not the spark which led to the eruption of the May 3 violence.
"The government is helping, we need them to do more till the conflict ends as it has cut off livelihood options for so many people."
The last rites of two missing individuals namely Atom Samarendra and Yumkhaibam Kirankumar from Khumbong Mayai Leikai, Imphal West were performed without the deceased’s bodies.
A Meitei woman and a Muslim man were held by the volunteers of COTU women wing of Gamgiphai.
A keen sense of natural justice and defiance against subjugation or authority besides maternal instinct is embedded in the political consciousness of Meitei women.
Police suspect the bodies to be of Meitei youth
SC had constituted a panel of three women judges to oversee the humanitarian works for the victims of Manipur violence.
Advocate Keisham Kishan Singh demanded that the Meitei/Manipuri village volunteers and organisation to give immunity from any charges or arrest for their voluntary service in defending/protecting the life and properties of the citizens and the state