Cut-off base year 1951 discussed
Source: Hueiyen News Service / JNN
Jiribam, August 23 2015:
All Jiribam Minority People Welfare Organisation (AJMPWO) organized a one-day pubic consultation meeting on the topic "Proposed Base Year of 1951 for Defining Indigenous peoples of Manipur" at Lalpani bazaar.
The meeting was presided by Bishambore NS Laltingkha while Pramothes Das, President AJMPWO, Md Ashab Uddin, President All Jiribam Muslim Welfare Society, Md Habib Ali, Advisor, All Jiribam Bengali Students Union, Md Feiz Ahamed , former Pradhan of Sonapur Gram Panchayat, Advisor, All Jiribam Muslim Welfare Society, Md Mijaj Uddin, Advisor All Jiribam Bengali Students Union, Dunachor Das, Vice President, All Jiribam Minority People Welfare Organisation (AJMPWO ), Md Taj Uddin , Cashier, All Jiribam Minority People Welfare Organisation (Ajmpwo ) and Paritosh Das, former Pradhan, Jakuradhor, Gram Panchayat attended the meet as presidium members.
The participants demanded that all the voters included in the 2015 electoral roll should be treated as ingenious people "We are also Manipuri and we are not foreigners and if any untoward incident occurs the Manipur Government should be held responsible for it," they said.