ST campaign
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 06 2024:
The World Meetei Council (WMC) carried on its cam-paign demanding enlistment of Meetei/Meitei in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) list of the Constitution at Keisham-thong Keithel today.
The campaign was carried out along with traders of Keishamthong Keithel and womenfolk of Keisham-thong Hodam Leirak.
The demonstrators raised slogans such as "Delaying ST is denying ST", "CM delaying Meetei ST issue only for his chair", "CM Biren can't compromise our future for his personal interest", "Send the recommen- dation before MP election," "Enlist Meetei in the ST list before 2026 delimitation", "NRC, ILP and border fencing alone can't protect Meetei," "Only enlistment in the ST list can safeguard Meetei," "CM shouldn't compromise the interest of Meetei for his political survival", among others.