All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations (Manipur) seeks mass participation
Source: The Sangai Express
Kakching, February 03 2018:
All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations (Manipur) has invited all community leaders, village leaders, students bodies, Church leaders, clubs to support and participate in the upcoming gathering and awareness programme which will be addressed by National Chairman of All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations, Dr Udit Raj (IRS) at multipurpose hall, Mayai Leikai, Kakching on February 24 .
A press release issued by president and secretary of the organisation stated that Dr Udit Raj is a standing Member of Parliament from Delhi North West Constituency and added that he is also a Rules Committee Member of Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs.
Dr Udit is also a member of Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill 2015.The National Chairman has been working tirelessly for the past 20 years for the welfare of SC/ST communities, after his retirement from the Indian Revenue Service, it stated.
It further appealed to all to participate in the programme so as to pressure the National Chairman to further address the demands of the All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations (Manipur) to the Central Government.
The demands include the need for the Parliament to enact the reservation Bill, enactment of reservation in private companies, reservation for promotion of SC/ST, hike in scholarship, filling up of backlog SC/ST quotas, reservation in higher judiciary and permission of State's caste certificate in other States.
The press statement further added that the organisers will also submit a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi through Dr Udit, regarding matters concerning the welfare and infrastructural needs of the SC/ST communities in Manipur.
The organisers of the awareness programme are All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations (Manipur), All India Christian Council (Manipur), Consumers Welfare Union, Centre for Women and Girls (Tengnoupal), Kakching Bazar Business Welfare Association, Kakching Library & Information Centre, Representative of Lois (Kakching), Resource Centre for Social Welfare & Community Development (Chandel), Sahitya Seva Samiti Manipur (Kakching), Senior Citizens Forum (Kakching), Women of Manipur Empowerment Network (Imphal West), it stated.