Violence gripped Manipur on May 3 after clashes erupted during a rally organised by the All Tribals Students Union (ATSU) to protest the demand for the inclusion of Meiteis in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) list.
Curfew has been imposed under section 144 in Manipur after clashes broke out between Kuki and the Meitei communities on May 3. The violence that followed has claimed over 100 lives and displaced thousands.
Amid the ongoing protests by the Kurmi community demanding the Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for their community, the tribal people of West Bengal's Asansol protested against the community.
Violence gripped Manipur on May 3, as clashes were witnessed during a rally organised by the All Tribals Students Union (ATSU) to protest the demand for the inclusion of the Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribe.
Manipur has been in the throes of ethnic violence for a month, in the wake of a directive of the high court asking the state government to consider including the Meitei community in the list of Scheduled Tribes (STs).
The Delhi High Court has stayed the trial court proceeding against Virender Singh Kadiyan, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA under Scheduled Caste-Scheduled Tribe Act. He is an MLA from Delhi Cantonment.
It was decided to construct 100 small cold storages in tribal areas for storage of their yields along with setting up an emergency fund with FNGO partners for certain activities, the statement informed.
"Today every person belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and all those who have been demanding their rights are sad. A very bad message will be sent to the whole world about India by keeping the President coming from a Scheduled Tribe community away from such a big event," B
As normalcy is slowing returning to Manipur after the violence which left 70 people dead and 1,700 houses burnt down, reports of the bravery and humane acts of the Army and Assam Rifles are emerging.
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA of Manipur challenging the Manipur High Court order in relation to Scheduled Tribe status for the Meitei community as a tribe of Manipur.