Gaan-Ngai: ZCOs hail Union MoS Ranjan's stand
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, January 18 2022: The Zeliangrong Civil Organisations (ZCOs) comprising Zeliangrong Baudi, Zeliangrong Youth Front and Zeliangrong Students' Union, have expressed gratitude to union minister of state RK Ranjan Singh for attending the Zeliangrong community's biggest post-harvest festival 'Gaan Ngai' as the chief guest on January 15 in spite of his busy schedule and for his statement about the festival.

Being a renowned educationist and scholar apart from holding a very important portfolio as an union minister of state for external affairs & education, RK Ranjan Singh's clear message delivered on the occasion to the Zeliangrong people in particular and the state in general regarding the Gaan Ngai festival truly reflected his "in-depth knowledge about the historical background and roots of Zeliangrong people which is highly honoured, respected and hailed by the Zeliangrong Civil Organisations," ZCOs said in a press release on Tuesday.

The Zeliangrong bodies further said that they have been observing "wishes and messages of dignitaries" circulated on various social media groups and also published in various newspapers, adding, "We are really happy and proud to see all the messages and wishes of dignitaries handed out this year in clear terms mentioning that 'Gaan Ngai' is the biggest festival of Zeliangrong community as compared to some messages last year which vaguely mentioned that 'Gaan Ngai' is the festival of Kabul tribe" .

"Zeliangrong people cannot be separated by administrative manipulation and separate recognition as 'Zeliang', 'Kabui','Zeme', 'Liangmai', 'Rongmei, etc.", ZCOs said.

"Zeliangrong people's history is a history of common ancestral origin, therefore, whoever is trying to distort historical facts on the basis of administrative manipulation is only exposing their lack of reasoning ability", they added.

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