STDCM on relay hunger strike
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 07 2016 :
Pressing their demand for inclusion of Meitei/Meetei in the list of ST category, the Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee Manipur (STDCM) has started relay hunger strike from today at the Ima Panthoibi Shanglen, Thangmeiband Meisnam Leikai.
The demand for ST status is within the Constitution of India, said titular king Leishemba Sanajaoba who also took part in the relay hunger strike.
He remarked that the future of Meitei/Meetei is quite bleak.
The identity of Meitei/Meetei is under serious threats.
The only plausible means to safeguard the identity of Meitei/Meetei is through inclusion of the community in ST category.
The same demand was raised after threadbare discussion among many senior citizens.
All the people belonging to Meetei/Meitei community ought to support the demand.
The demand is neither against the Constitution nor any other community, Sanajoba asserted.
It is said that the relay hunger will continue till tomorrow at Thangmeiband before it is shifted elsewhere.