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IFP Bureau29 Nov 2022
IFP Editorial: What has been missing from the general debate is how long the reservation system is going to continue. In fact, there has to be a review of the constitutional status every 10 years.
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IFP Editorial: What has been missing from the general debate is how long the reservation system is going to continue. In fact, there has to be a review of the constitutional status every 10 years.
ATSUM apprised the minister of the threat and insecurity felt by the tribal people of Manipur due to the alleged illogical and illegitimate demand of the STDCM for inclusion of Meetei/Meitei community into Schedule Tribes categories.
ATSUM stated that the change in examination schedule is causing unrest in the management of the schools in the hills.
The tribal student body refuted that there is nothing tribal about the Meetei community in their living, custom, dialect, economic status in support of their claim.
The tribal community of Manipur will never accept "this devious demand" of the STDCM from being met by the government and should be prevented at all cost, ATSUM stated.
The ‘District Cadres of Teachers’ may be created so that transfer and posting of teachers would be possible only within a district, in order to do away with the problem of utilisation of teachers at places away from their posting: ATSUM
ATSUM urged the Hill Areas Committee to immediately cease the alleged unconstitutional and unmandated procedure contradicting and demeaning the purpose of the HAC.
ATSUM apprises Manipur Governor La Ganesan for immediate withdrawal of the Manipur (Hill Areas) District Council (Sixth Amendment) Bill 2022, which has now become an Act, as it is 'not a Money Bill'.
ATSUM demands clarification on HAC chairman's remarks on ADC Bill movement
Alleging that the CM's remark is a ploy to mislead the people of the state and further deprive the tribal people of constitutional rights, the ATSUM stated that there is nothing as such in the contents of the bill that aims to disintegrate the state.
PAPPM extends support to chief minister N Biren Singh's statement that the HAC recommended ADC Bill 2021 is an ill-conceived bill with the intention of "disintegrating Manipur".
It has been seen time and again that unless the good and positive faith of the valley legislatures give in towards this important constitutional safeguard to the HAC, nothing much can be done to break the deadlock over the ADC issue in Manipur..
The counter blockade has been suspended indefinitely, following ATSUM’s indefinite suspension of the statewide economic blockade, Kangleipak Kanba Lup (KKL) along with 13 other CSOs stated in a joint release.
The All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur had imposed economic blockade on National Highway-2 since August 5 morning to press for its demands, including tabling of the Hill Areas Committee recommended ADC Bill 2021.
ATSUM denounces MOU, suspends VP Vanlanlian Khaute
An ATSUM leader, on the condition of anonymity, said that the apex tribal students’ body is ready to lift the ongoing economic blockade and call off the ongoing agitations once the arrested ATSUM leaders and members, who were sent to judicial custody, are freed.
The Coordination Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) appealed to ATSUM to change its mode of agitation into a democratic way by revoking its agitations like total shutdown and economic blockade which affects the rights of other communities.
IFP Editorial: The only sane voice comes from the representative from Ukhrul Ram Muivah, a former bureaucrat, who said that almost 50 per cent of the demands made by ATSUM has been incorporated in the Seventh amendment while appealing to the state to release the ATSUM leaders and talk.
The incident having any connection with the ongoing economic blockade imposed by ATSUM is unlikely as per an initial presumption by police.
The 24-hour total shutdown called by the All Tribal Students' Union Manipur (ATSUM) in protest against the delay in holding elections to the Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) was enforced by KSO Moreh.