Manipuri body calls rail roko on April 9

By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, March 18: The United Manipuri Association (UMAA) has called a 10-hour rail roko agitation on April 9 at Hojai railway station.  “We demand immediate inclusion of the Manipuri community of Assam into the ST (P) category and election of the Manipuri Development Council. There should be a provision for Manipuri language teachers in the school provincialization Act of Assam,” UMAA president Jiten Singha said. Singha stated that the UMAA submitted five memorandums to the Centre and the State Government for the inclusion of the Manipuri community of Assam into the ST (P) list for overall development of the Meitei/ Manipuri community of the State.