Maheshwar takes up ST issue with tribal affairs minister
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 29 2024:
RPI (Athawale) national general secretary Maheshwar Thounaojam met Union tribal affairs minister Jual Oram in New Delhi late Friday evening and submitted a memorandum demanding removal of non-indigenous Chin-Kuki from the Scheduled Tribe list of Indian Constitution and inclusion of Meetei/Meitei in the ST list.
Maheshwar Thounaojam was accompanied by Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment Ramdas Athawale and other party leaders during the meeting with Jual Oram.
Apart from submitting the memorandum containing the history of how the British brought Chin-Kuki tribes into Manipur and their present status, Maheshwar Thounaojam also apprised the union minister about the similar memorandum submitted to the same ministry in the past.
He also urged the union minister to take up necessary action for removing Chin-Kuki from the ST list and inclusion of Meetei/Meitei in the ST list.