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The tribal student body refuted that there is nothing tribal about the Meetei community in their living, custom, dialect, economic status in support of their claim.

MAHUD Minister Y Khemchand said that demanding a scheduled tribe status for Manipuri Meitei is reasonable, and it is a question of survival for the Meitei community.

STDCM urged ATSUM to withdraw their stand considering the need for constitutional protection by Meitei or Meetei to prevent the ethnic community from extinction.

The tribal community of Manipur will never accept "this devious demand" of the STDCM from being met by the government and should be prevented at all cost, ATSUM stated.

As a part of the ongoing movement for inclusion of Meetei/Meitei in the ST list of India, STDCM organised a one-day people’s convention in Imphal West.

STDCM Youth Wing convenor N Edison said the ongoing agitation of the STDCM has almost completed 38 days but not a single response has been received by the committee from state government side till date.

The Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee of Manipur stated that they have been demanding to include Meitei or Meetei in the Schedule Tribe list since 2012.

ST Demand Committee Manipur coordinating body convenor Laishram Romesh Meitei said that it was cancelled in the view of the prevailing law and order situation and compliance of various provisions of the Model Code of Conduct.

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