Sit-in staged to demand ST status
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 29 2023:
Social Reformers' Club (SRC), Khurai Puthi-ba and Khurai Nandeibam Leikai Meira Paibi under the aegis of Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee Manipur (STDCM) organised a sit-in protest at Lamlong Keithel demanding ST status for Meetei/Meitei community on Sunday.
Interacting with the media at the protest venue, SRC executive member Mongjam Hemanta said that Meeteis are allowed to settle in only one-tenth of the state's total area and the community is also facing existential threat from non-locals.
Considering the gravity of the situation, ST status demand for the community is a legitimate and only solution, he said while demanding the government to send the required recommendation to the Centre at the earliest.