Newmai News Network
Senapati | April 25
The United Naga Council (UNC) has expressed its unhappiness over the High Court of Manipur directing the government of Manipur to recommend for inclusion of Meitei/Meetei community in the Schedule Tribe (ST) list of India.
The UNC said today that "the Meitei/ Meetei community of Manipur is an advanced community of India" with their language, Manipuri (Meiteilon) listed in the Eight Schedule to the constitution of India.
"They are already protected under constitution of India and categorized as (i) General (ii) Other Backward Classes (OBC) and (iii) Schedule Caste (SC)," said the UNC.
The Naga body therefore termed it as irrational that the High Court of Manipur directed the government of Manipur to recommend for inclusion of Meitei/Meetei community in the Schedule Tribe (ST) list of India, "negating the sole objective of scheduling group of people for protective discrimination as ST in the constitution of India".
The United Naga Council (UNC), therefore, strongly condemned the "inane order" of the Manipur High Court dated 27/03/2023 directing the government of Manipur to make "such imbecilic recommendation despite strong opposition from Scheduled tribes of the state".
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