Zeliangrong Baudi(ZB) asserts on ST Bill 2011
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 20 2011:
Zeliangrong Baudi Assam, Manipur and Nagaland appealed the Zeme, Liangmai and Rongmei Councils to attend the joint consultative meeting of December 28 to rectify the substantive deficiencies in the recently passed Schedule Tribes Amendment Bill, 2011 .
A release issued by the body maintained that the Constitutional (Schedule Tribes) order (Amendment) Bill, 2011 (Bill No 108 of 2011) passed by Lok Sabha on December 19 to grant Schedule Tribe status to Kabui, Kacha Naga, Zeme, Liangmai, Rongmei and Inpui was made possible after the broad understanding arrived at the joint consultative meeting held at Nagaland House, New Delhi on December 12 attended by Zeliangrong Baudi (AMN), All Zeliangrong Students' Union (AMN), Zeliangrong Students' Union, Manipur (ZSUM), Zeliangrong Students' Union, Delhi, former MP Mani Charenamei, elders, students and member of the Zeliangrong people living in Delhi.
Considering the procedural lapses and substantive deficiencies in the Bill, the meeting decided to conduct a joint consultative meeting of Zeme, Liangmai and Rongmei Councils with Zeliangrong Baudi and All Zeliangrong Students' Union to modified the existing terms "Kacha Naga and Kabui" .
It further mentioned that Zeliangrong Baudi (AMN), All Zeliangrong Students' Union (AMN) and Zeliangrong tribe recognition steering committee should take all possible measures for further modification of "Kacha Naga and Kabui" .