Demand for Meitei ST status
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 28 2013:
The Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee of Manipur (STDCM) led by its chairman Prof.(Dr.) N.Mohendra Singh met Ninong Ering, Union Minister of State for Minorities at New Delhi, who told the delegation that he had already expressed his support to the demand to Dr.T.Meinya, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Manipur.
The Minister told the delegation that he had already expressed his support to Shri Dr.T.Meinya, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Manipur.
Further, the delegation, which included Laishram Subhash, Convenor and Bupenda Meitei, Member, also met Wajahat Habibullah, Chairperson of National Commission on Minorities, who expressed his solidarity with the cause of the Committee.
The Maharaja of Tripura Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barman had already conveyed his open support to the cause of Meitei for ST (Scheduled Tribe) status, according to a statement issued by Laishram Subhash , Convenor of , ST (Scheduled Tribe) Demand Committee of Manipur.
He is a social activist based in New Delhi.