MPSTDC protests at Jantar Mantar
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 22 2023:
Demanding inclusion of Meitei Pangal in Scheduled Tribe list, Meitei Pangal Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee (MPSTDC) staged demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Wednesday.
According to a press release issued by MPSTDC, the Committee has been taking up various measures for the protection of Meitei-Pangal community, including urging the successive Governors of the state and the Manipur government to forward necessary recommendation for inclusion of Meitei Pangal in the ST list.
However, the government continues to feign ignorance on the matter till date.
As such, the members of MPSTDC, after submitting a memorandum on the matter to Ministry of Tribal Affairs, National Commission for Scheduled Tribe and National Commission for Minorities, carried out the demonstration at Jantar Mantar, it conveyed.