Ministerial team visits Bangladesh
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, October 28 2022:
CAF & PD minister L Susindro has urged for forming an apex body of the Meetei community settling in Bangladesh and Manipur so as to uphold the community's identity and culture.
A delegation of minister L Susindro and Rajya Sabha MP Sanajaoba Leishemba, which is visiting Bangladesh, met a team of Manipuri Vishnupriya in Buramara, Bangladesh and held discussion on inconveniences faced by the latter.
Speaking on the occasion, minister L Susindro informed that they were sent by CM N Biren with the mission to restore relationship and unity with the Meeteis settling in Bangladesh.
He then urged the local Meira Paibi and Vishnupriya, both inside and outside the state, to work together for the protection of the state's rich art and cultural heritage.
In his speech, MP Sanajaoba said that after reaching the area, he was shocked to find the divisive air between the Meitei, the Vishnupriya and other communities.
As such, it was heartbreaking to see the communities behaving in a different manner with each other, when they are part of the same culture, eat the same food and follow the same religion.
The MP then remarked that as there is huge difference in between the Manipuri spoken outside and those spoken at the given location, while suggesting the need for studying the Manipuri language properly.