KKL says ST tag not for foreigners
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 25 2023:
The Kangleipak Kanba Lup (KKL) has categorically stated that Scheduled Tribe tag should only be given to tribes and not to foreigners or refugees.
In a press statement, the KKL also said that the demand being raised by Meeteis to enlist them in the ST list is under Article 342 (1) of the Constitution and continued that Meeteis are a tribe.
Maintaining that none can speak against the rights of others even in democracy, KKL maintained that a section of people opposing the demand to add Meeteis in the ST list is wrong.
Claiming that a particular group settling in Manipur has wrongly been added in the ST list, KKL urged the Government to remove them from the list.
Even those who oppose the demand to add Meetei in the ST list know that they are wrong, KKL added.