"Major Tribes Trying To Suppress Small Tribes' Identities": Manipur Chief Minister

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said representatives of various small tribes raised concerns about major tribes attempting to suppress their identities

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today said he met representatives of several small tribes and heard their concerns about bigger tribes trying to suppress their identities. Representatives of various tribal communities called on me to raise their concerns about major tribes attempting to suppress their identities. During the meeting, they expressed their strong condemnation regarding a complaint filed by one Paominlen Haokip to the National... pic.twitter.com/bXdGhZ2Rlk This is the essence of Manipur: Unity in Diversity. No force can ever smear this vibrant tapestry of colors that we see when I stand resolute with my brothers and sisters of the indigenous tribes of Manipur. pic.twitter.com/lwDu1iEMrm New I/we too not Kuki movement. The inevitable movement.Following the Thadou, Hmar, and Zomi tribes, other tribes such as Anal, Purum, Koireng, Thangal, Chiru, Chothe, Kom, and so on have emerged to declare their non-Kuki identity.The indigenous tribes of Manipur that hold...

Mr Singh in a post on X said the smaller tribes strongly condemned alleged forgery by a man identified as Paominlen Haokip, who allegedly used fake signatures of the smaller tribes' representatives in a complaint to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST).

"Representatives of various small tribes called on me to raise their concerns about major tribes attempting to suppress their identities. During the meeting, they expressed their strong condemnation regarding a complaint filed by one Paominlen Haokip to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST), in which their signatures were forged, making them parties to the complaint without their consent," the Chief Minister said.