HAC Issue: Sep 9 deadline set to revoke order
Source: Chronicle News Service / Newmai News Network
Imphal, September 06 2021:
An "emergency meeting" of All Tribal Students' Union, Manipur (ATSUM), All Naga Students' Association, Manipur (ANSAM), Kuki Students' Organisation-General Headquarters (KSO-GHQ) and federating units of ATSUM held on Monday at ATSUM office, Adimjati Complex, here resolved to "undertake intense forms of agitation if the September 1 order of the Speaker of the Manipur Legislative Assembly for induction of 8 MLAs of the assembly constituencies from the unscheduled areas as members of Hill Areas Committee (HAC) is not revoked/rescinded within September 9, 2021" .
The meeting also decried "the biased design of governance administered towards the tribal populace" in the form of ignoring "the Manipur (Hill Areas) Autonomous District Councils, Bill 2021 recommended by HAC, and induction of 8 MLAs of the assembly constituencies from unscheduled areas as members of HAC, and then resolved to boycott the state government's 'Go To Hills 2.0' programme.
The meeting then resolved to demand for a special Manipur Legislative Assembly session to discuss the Manipur (Hill Areas) Autonomous District Councils, Bill 2021 recommended by HAC.
The meeting then appreciated the stand adopted by HAC meeting of September 6,2021 "wherein the Speakers order was termed as unconstitutional, and for demanding rescind of the said order" .
The meeting was chaired by ATSUM president Paotinthang Lupheng.