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STDCM takes ST tag demand to H Dingo
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 22 2022:
Continuing its movement to enlist Meetei/Meitei in the Sche-duled Tribe (ST) list of the Indian Constitution, volun-teers of Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee of Manipur (STDCM) and several other organisations registered a protest at the quarters of Social Welfare Minister Heikham Dingo at Konung Mamang today.
Earlier, STDCM had also stormed the residences of MAHUD Minister Y Khem-chand and CAF&PD Min- ister L Susindro as part of its movement to grant ST tag to the ethnic group.
The STDCM has been urging the State Government to send the ethnography and socio-economic reports of Meetei/Meitei to the Centre at the earliest.
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The demonstration also witnessed the participation of some active organisations of Manipur including HERICON, DESAM, WMC, WASDEV, IKAL, SKL, BMC, LSTKL, TIPS, AMGSA.
Later, Dingo accepted the memorandum brought by STDCM and other organisations.
Speaking to media persons, H Dingo said that the Government doesn't have anything to say regarding the movement as of yet, but will see into the matter if the demand is legitimate.
Representing the protesters, convenor of STDCM youth wing, Nameirakpam Edison said that the committee has been carrying out a series of protests for over a decade to grant ST tag to the Meetei/Meitei so as to secure the future of the ethnic group.
Saying that they will submit a memorandum to other Ministers and MLAs too, Edison maintained that the Meetei/Meitei will disappear if some sort of Constitutional safeguard is not granted to them as soon as possible.
Notably, STDCM has been staging sit-in protests in different parts of the State by reaching out to local clubs and women organisations after resuming its movement on August 26 last.
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