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ST Demand Committee Manipur coordinating body convenor Laishram Romesh Meitei said that it was cancelled in the view of the prevailing law and order situation and compliance of various provisions of the Model Code of Conduct.
STDCM demanded recommendations for the inclusion of Meetei/Meitei community in the scheduled tribe list.
The protest was jointly organised by Eastern Students' Club and Nongmeibung Women's Development Meira Paibi Association, Nongmeibung, Imphal East in collaboration with Schedule Tribe Demand Committee Manipur (STDCM).
Despite the general strike, decorative works were carried out in various streets of Imphal in connection with the visit of BJP national president JP Nadda in the state.
The Meetei Students Association (MSA) stated that the ethnic identity of the Meeteis will disappear if inclusion of Meetei in the ST list is delayed any further.
The representatives of the tribes on Saturday stated that “Any Kuki Tribes encompassing all the Kukis of Manipur by which we have been known is non-negotiable and non-debatable.”
The committee will continue the agitation until and unless the state government sends its ethnographic or socio-economic status of Meitei or Meetei to the Central government, K Bhogendro said.
