A committee comprising of all the tribal communities of Manipur will be formed to deliberate on demand for of Chin-Kuki: Manipur CM N Biren Singh
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has said that a committee comprising of all the tribal communities of Manipur will be formed to deliberate on demand for deletion/inclusion of Chin-Kuki from the Scheduled Tribes list of the state.
The Committee’s report will be forwarded as proposals to the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs had recently written to Additional Chief Secretary of Manipur to examine the representation seeking deletion of the “Nomadic Chin-Kuki” from the list of Scheduled Tribes in Manipur made by Maheshwar Thounaojam, National Secretary of the Republican Party of India (Athawale).
The letter from the ministry made it clear that recommendation from the state government is a prerequisite to process the case further.
The Manipur government has been asked by the Centre to examine a representation seeking deletion of the “Nomadic Chin-Kuki” from the list of Scheduled Tribes in Manipur.
In a letter dated December 26, 2023, the Union government said the process of inclusion or exclusion from ST list requires the proposal to originate from the concerned State government and hence it was sending the representation to the State government for its recommendation.
Manipur witnessed unprecedented violent clashes, attacks, counter attacks and arsoning of houses, vehicles and government and private properties in more than 10 districts during and after May 3 'Tribal Solidarity March' called by the All Tribal Students' Union of Manipur (ATSUM) to oppose the demand for inclusion of the Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribe category.
