STDCM continues sit-in, cautions government
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 29 2022:
Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee Manipur (STDCM) resumed its protest in pursuance of the demand for necessary initiatives by the government for inclusion of Meetei/Meitei in the ST list of the Constitution of India.
In this regard, a sit in protest was staged at Thangmeiband Meisnam Leikai Pathoibi Shanglen here on Sunday.
Speaking on the sidelines of the protest, STDCM youth wing convenor Nameirakpam Edison recounted that the committee has been launching the protest, but suspended the agitation for two years due to Covid-19 pandemic in the state.
The state government should seriously consider the long overdue demand for inclusion of Meetei/Meitei in the ST list, or else more intense form of protest will be launched, Edison cautioned.
The sit-in protest was attended by leaders of CSOs, student organisations and women's organisations among others.