ST Status Issue Reaches Manipur
Sanamahi Meeteis to demand ST status: Imphal, Dec 16: A demand for granting of Scheduled Tribe status to the practitioners of the Meetei Sanamahi faith has now come up among a section of the community. Resolutions to this effect were adopted during a general discussion organised on Sunday by the Lainingthou Sanamahi Thougal Kanglup, Mayai Loishang, Imphal, on the theme of “finding an appropriate description for the people’s self-understanding and identity of Meitei Sanamahi believers’’ held at the premises of Lainingkol Sanamahi Sanglen, Imphal. The meet, following intense discussions, adopted the view that Sanamahi believers, being practitioners of indigenous religious traditions that go back to antiquity, should be properly treated as tribals, and resolved to pursue their inclusion in the Scheduled Tribe list under the Constitution of India. In this connection, it was also decided to submit representations to the President of India, the Prime Minister, and other concerned Central aut...