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Naga tribe status for Rongmeis
The Telegraph | Kohima, Jan. 28:
The Nagaland government is set to recognise the Rongmei community by granting it the status of indigenous Naga tribe — having taken suo motu cognisance of the issue raised by the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO), which has opposed the recognition.
However, in view of the fact that the Rongmei community is also one of the indigenous tribes of neighbouring Manipur and Assam, Scheduled Tribe and Indigenous Tribe certificates will be issued only to those members of the community, who or whose ancestors were listed in the 1963 electoral roll of the state and whose names are enumerated in the report of a cabinet committee, which was formed to look into the issue, in May 2012. This number currently stands at 1,313.
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