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IFP Editorial: The lack of land reforms in the hills had always been an obstacle to proper land-use policy and the overall development and welfare of the common people for lack of individual land ownership rights.
The Joint Coordination Committee on Tribal Rights, Manipur stated that there are some "facts leading to the so-called overlapping villages in the hill areas that Manipur was a single district since she became Part 'C' state and then a Union territory".
A 15-member executive committee "Joint Coordination Committee on Tribal Rights, Manipur" was formed on Saturday to protect the rights and land of the tribal people in accordance with the laws of the land, a statement said.
Kuki Chiefs’ Council Manipur general secretary Lunjapao Simte said that the government notification issued June 22, 2022 is a “valley-centric anti-tribal” policy that deeply is sentimental for the tribals.
The continuous attempt to seize and occupy tribal lands illegally will eventually bring unprecedented animosity and communal contentions between the hill and the valley, the KNF-N said..
