STDC relay hunger strike
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 20 2016 :
A relay hunger strike launched by Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee is still underway at Bal Club Ground, Wangkhei Angom Leikai.
Members of DESAM again joined the relay hunger strike today.
DESAM general secretary Nameirakpam Edison stated that though people have been demanding that Meitei/Meetei be included in the list of Scheduled Tribe category for long, the State Government is ignoring the demand intentionally.
If the State Government continues to ignore the matter, people would be compelled to launch more intense agitation, he added.
In the meantime, the Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee, Manipur Co-ordinating Committee has conveyed gratitude to all the people who have extended assistance during the ongoing relay hunger strike and the mass rally which will be taken out on September 18 .