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Point-wise clarification to the article of three independent researchers published in The Sangai Express on Nov 22

Posted on November 24, 2023 - 3:24pm by UT Desk
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MANY INTERESTING academic salvos have been fired to and fro on the context of why the Meitei community may not have been included in the list of SC/ST under Orders of 1950/1951/1956. While discussing this matter it is crucial that … Continue reading →

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The Meiteis may have missed the bus

Posted on November 11, 2023 - 6:00pm by UT Desk
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MUCH WATER has flowed under the bridge since 1950 when an opportunity was there for the Meitei community to be Scheduled Cast or Scheduled Tribe in 1950-51 and also in 1955-56. They have now progressed far beyond the considerations to … Continue reading →

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Rebuttal to the article by K Bhogendrajit, General Secy, STDCM on “Meetei/Meitei’s exclusion from ST list-queer controversies”

Posted on November 2, 2023 - 2:06pm by UT Desk
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THE SANGAI EXPRESS newspaper on 30.10.2023 published a clarification by K Bhogendrajit, General Secretary of the STDCM (Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee of Manipur) on an article written by Ngaranmi Shimray also published in the same paper on 10.10.2023 raising a … Continue reading →

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Meiteis’ exclusion from the ST list is by their own choice; Kalelkar Commission Report of 1956

Posted on October 8, 2023 - 10:20pm by UT Desk
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(1) KaKa Kalelkar Backward Classes Commission report of 1956, also known as the Second Backward Classes Commission report states that the Meiteis, when given an opportunity to be ST, did not include themselves. This is a startling and undeniable fact! … Continue reading →

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