Meitei ST demand in Manipur gets HC boost, touches another raw tribal nerve in NE

Hill tribes in Manipur are opposed to Meitei getting ST status, saying they are an “advanced community”. But Meiteis say needed to “preserve” their community and save their “ancestral land, tradition, culture and language”

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