Records show Meitei community rejected twice for ST status in last 4 decades. Union and Manipur governments not made this info public. Protest rally against HC order triggered violence between Meitei and ST Kuki-Zo communities. Office of RGI and Manipur govt. found Meiteis don't possess tribal characteristics. Union government didn't submit records before HC. Criteria for defining STs set in 1965 by Lokur Committee. Modi govt. floated proposal to change criteria in 2014, but put on hold in 2022.

Union Tribal Affairs Ministry officials compiled these records, but have not presented them in the High Court case; in 1982, the Registrar General of India said Meiteis do not have tribal characteristics; in 2001, Manipur government said they are a dominant group

  • xuxebiko@kbin.socialOP
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    1 year ago

    Why didn’t the Union government submit any of these records before the Single-Judge Bench of Acting Chief Justice M.V. Muralidharan, which was hearing the Meiteis’ petition? Does the union govt’s decision have anything to do with discvery of valuable minerals in the hills where the Kuki-Zos live? Is that why theyve permitted the genocide & civil war?