THE DEMAND for implementation of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Manipur would need to be understood and considered with reference to the origin of NRC and its implementation in Assam which is the only state where NRC is being implemented.
From 1979 to 1985, Assam was in turmoil as...
THE CHIEF MINISTER of Manipur N Biren Singh stated in the Assembly on March 4th, 2024, that the state government will consult and take appropriate steps for the implementation of the Manipur Hill Areas (Acquisition of Chiefs’ Rights) Act, 1967. This Act enables the abolition of hereditary chieftainship. Incidentally,...
Compulsive Reasons for enlisting as ST:
a. After integration of Manipur into India in October 1949, various laws framed by the Government of India have reserved the Hill Areas of Manipur (92%) exclusively for Scheduled Tribes (ST). Meetei, because of being not ST, have been restricted to live only in...
Wungreiyon Moinao
IN 1955 Pete Seeger wrote the famous song ‘Where Have All The Flowers Gone?’ expressing disdain for war. The song is cyclical in nature expressing the futility and the unending cycle of war. It opens with a simple question “Where have all the flowers gone?” And comes the...
THE MANIPUR High Court has stated in Review Petition No. 12 of 2023 that the offending para 17 (iii) is deleted. Hence the surviving and actionable point is only para 17 (ii) of the order passed in W.P.(C) No. 229 of 2023. This para reads as follows:-“The first...
IT HAS BECOME well aware of the fact that the Government of India, Ministry of Tribal Affairs wrote as many as 6 (six) letters during the period from 29.05.2013 to 31.05.2022, asking the Government of Manipur to submit a proposal for inclusion of ethnic “Meetei/Meitei” community in the list...
1. What is Hereditary Chieftainship?
The institution of hereditary chieftainship is well described by W. W. Hunter in his book ‘A Statistical Account of Bengal Volume-VI’ as under:
“The village system among the Kukis is best described as a series of petty states, each under a Dictator or chief (Called Lal),...
AN ARTICLE was published in The Sangai Express titled “Article 371-C aggravates ethnic divide and stalls progress of Manipur” by Captain (Rtd) LB Singh of Indian Navy on 12th February 2024. He has blamed the provision of Article 371-C of the Constitution of India and the Presidential Order dated 20th June...
THE GOVERNMENT of India, Ministry of Tribal Affairs vide their letter F. No. 12026/02/2023-C&LM (E:25198) dated 26.12.2023, addressed to the Adl. Chief Secretary, Government of Manipur, Secretariat Tribal Affairs & Hills Development have expressed their keenness to process the deletion of the nomadic Chin Kuki from the list of...
I QUOTE a section of the Article to contextualise my opinion of the matter - “However, the narrative of the crisis is only focused on the Meiteis. Why are the rest of the non-Meiteis not taking a strong stance to end this crisis? Is the war meant for a...