To apprise Centre to include Meeteis in the ST list of Constitution of India
Imphal, 4th June 2022
To
Shri N. Biren Singh
Hon’ble Chief Minister of Manipur,
CM Secretariat
Imphal - 795001, Manipur.
Sir,
With due respect I, the undersigned would like to lay the following few lines for your kind perusal.
The ‘communal’ atmosphere in Manipur caused by certain people who claim ownership of Koubru and Thangjing disregarding and disrespecting the mythology and history of the land has become unbearable that requires
appropriate action by the state government.
WMC has also been observing that this section of people intimidating even the state government not to send the necessary reports to the centre as required by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to initiate the process of examining if the Meetei are indigenous people and on that basis whether the Meetei should be listed in the ST list of the Indian Constitution.
This is what the saying goes - yongna mapu taanba. Today the hard reality is the Meeteis are no longer the rightful citizens of the state of Manipur. The Indian Constitution has not recognised them as native indigenous people and therefore they cannot enjoy the rights of a citizen in hill areas which constitute more than 90 percent of the area of Manipur.
Therefore to make the Meetei rightful citizens in their own ancient land WMC on behalf of the Meetei people reiterate its demand to the Manipur government to send the two reports (i) ethnographic and (ii) socio-economic reports of the Meetei to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs so that the Government of India may begin to examine if the Meeteis are indigenous people and on the basis of which if the Meetei could be enlisted in the list of Scheduled Tribes of the Indian Constitution.
The Manipur Government is requested to take up the matter without further delay.
High regards,
Yours sincerely,
Heigrujam Nabashyam
Chairman
World Meetei Council
www.worldmeeteicouncil.com
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This Press Release was posted on 05 June 2022
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