ST status for Meiteis was considered and rejected in 1982 and 2001, government records show
ST status for Meiteis was considered and rejected in 1982 and 2001, government records show
Records show Meitei community rejected twice for ST status in last 4 decades. Union and Manipur governments not made this info public. Protest rally against HC order triggered violence between Meitei and ST Kuki-Zo communities. Office of RGI and Manipur govt. found Meiteis don't possess tribal chara...
Union Tribal Affairs Ministry officials compiled these records, but have not presented them in the High Court case; in 1982, the Registrar General of India said Meiteis do not have tribal characteristics; in 2001, Manipur government said they are a dominant group
Why didn't the Union government submit any of these records before the Single-Judge Bench of Acting Chief Justice M.V. Muralidharan, which was hearing the Meiteis’ petition? Does the union govt's decision have anything to do with discvery of valuable minerals in the hills where the Kuki-Zos live? Is that why theyve permitted the genocide & civil war?