MTU to observe 'Severance Day'
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, September 19 2023:
Recalling that the central government had on September 20, 1951 declared the lists of tribes in Manipur to be included in the scheduled list without Meetei/Meitei, Meetei (Meitei) Tribe Union (MTU) announced that September 20 will be observed as 'Severance day' for the first time from this year considering that the non-inclusion of Meetei/Meitei in the ST list.
In a release, MTU Youth Wing convenor Haobijam Surjit Meetei stated that the exclusion of Meetei from ST lists while all the other indigenous communities are given constitutional protection is a.plot to drive wedge among the indigenous communities in the state.
As Meetei/Meitei is not included in ST list, they could not take part in any platform of the united forum/ platform of the indigenous tribals, he reasoned.
Surjit further cautioned of widening the gap among the blood brothers if Meetei/Meitei is not included in the ST list.