All India Tribal Students' Association, Delhi, demands Apology from CM, Manipur
Delhi, 18th July, 2013
INDIA TRIBAL STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION, DELHI
(18 years of Striving for Justice and Progress)
c/o. Anil Monga, 6/12 A, Vijay Nagar, Delhi-110009
The All India Tribal Student's Association, Delhi (AITSA) urge the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Manipur, to tender an apology to the Mongoloid scheduled caste community, for not recognizing their villages and settlement in the revenue land record of the state government even after more than 60 year of their entry in the list of SC.
The Association is shaken and anguish by the reply from none other than the Hon'ble CM, Pu Okram Ibobi Sing, clarifying that, there is no recognized Scheduled Caste (SC) village in Manipur as per the State's land revenue records, in a query raised by Pu Thounaojam Shyamkumar, MLA from Andro, in the recently concluded Assembly Session, reported in the local news papers on 22st June 2013. It is also shocking that, when the Govt of Manipur submitted a report on the existence of eight S.C villages, to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on June 18, 1965, and also Pu Khwairakpam Devendro, MLA cited that SC villages were mention in the Manipur Gazette published in 1994, how can the SC villages in Manipur be treated as unauthorized or illegal settlement. It is requested that as cited by Pu Dr. Ibohalbi MLA, the SC villages must be immediately entered in the land revenue record.
The Association also appeals to the Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee Manipur (STDCM) to publicly express their genuine regrets for the discriminations meted to Meitei speaking SC communities for decades, if they are concern about restoring peaceful cohesion in the state. A section of the indigenous people settling in Sekmai, Phayeng, Khurkhul, Koutruk, Laimaram Kwatha, Laimaram Khunou, Andro and Chairel villages were forcefully declared as scheduled caste and listed them in the Constitution of India as Muchi, Ravidas, Namasudra, Patni, Sutradhar and Yaithibi. They have been inhumanly neglected by the subsequent governments and even by the civil society organizations. As both the Meitei and Tribals did not fully consider them as their fellow community, they live in the "no man's zone" of the mindset of people of Manipur.
The Govt. of Manipur must hang their heads in shame, for attempting to do away the rightful settlement of the SC community, in similar manner in which Kabo leikai-Naga River was demolished recently.
ISSUED IN PUBLIC INTEREST
S/d.
(K.ZOU)
President, All India tribal Students' Association, Delhi.
* This Press Release was sent by All India tribal Students' Association, Delhi, who can be contacted at Northeastp (at) yahoo (dot) com
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