ST Demand Committee

The Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee of Manipur seems to be getting bogged down under its own weight. Recently in its annual general body meeting, it was unable to elect new office-bearers to the Committee as questions were raised over fund…

In a bid to reignite the movement for inclusion of Meetei/Meitei in the Scheduled Tribe of Indian constitution, Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee, Manipur (STDCM) warns of intense agitations including bandhs and blockade if the state…

It is critical for us, the masses, to comprehend the ethnicized elite based charade to subvert welfare objectives of their own communities by their own elites’ invisible project of reproducing social inequality and maintaining the status…

ATSU’s memorandum to the chief minister highlights deep-rooted “social divide between the people of the hills and valley”. The student body argues that Meiteis/Meeteis do not deserve to be categorized as Scheduled Tribe under any…