TVA refutes press statement
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Senapati, April 01 2015 :
K.Mangan, Chairman and Village Authority of Thiwa Village (TVA) have strongly refuted the press statement carried in a Imphal based daily and clarified that there is "no village called Theiva Headman/Chairman in the Thiwa (Dapei) Village" .
A press statement, TVA said Thiwa (Dapei) is the only village recognized by the Government of Manipur and the Government of India.
TVA warned individuals, groups or organisations not to mistake the village for another village of Tangkhul tribe.
Thiwa (Dapei) villagers are practicing the culture and tradition of Poumai Naga since time immemorial.
Thiwa (Dapei) is speaking a mother language of Khongdei circle language.
Khongdei circle is solely/purely Poumai Naga, the press release stated, said TVA.