STDCM annual meet on April 24
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, April 19 2022:
In view of the improving Covid-19 situation in the state, Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee, Manipur (STDCM) has informed that its annual meet will be held on April 24 at Thangmeiband Athletics Union (THAU) hall.
In a release, STDCM general secretary K Bhogendrajit said that the demand for inclusion of Meetei/Meitei in the ST list has been halted for the last two years due to Covid-19 pandemic.
He recalled that the committee has been launching the movement since 2012 to ensure constitutional safeguard of Meitei/Meetei by including the community in the ST list of Indian Constitution.
The committee also organised awareness campaign about the movement in Meitei/Meetei villages in the valley areas of the state, he added.
People have realised that there is no other way to protect the identity and culture of the indigenous community without the constitutional safeguard, he pointed out, while lauding the people for understanding the situation.
Bhogendrajit urged its members, district committee members, advisors and coordinating body representatives to attend the annual meeting without fail.