IMPHAL, June 21: The Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee Manipur released a 30-minute long tele-film `Leetinfam`™ at the Imphal Hotel with the objective of pushing the demand for inclusion of the Meitei in the list of Scheduled Tribes of India.
Director `“scriptwriter Bishwamitra said the film showcases the status difference between the present and past of the Meiteis.
The film will also project the importance or need of providing constitutional safeguard to the Meitei`™s ethnic identity as indigenous people of Manipur and remove the constitutional divide created among the hills and the valley he said.
Bishwamitra also continued that including the Meiteis in the Scheduled Tribes list would mean inclusion of the valley districts of Manipur under the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution creating a composite tribal State of Manipur with equal rights given to all indigenous communities.
Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee vice president Bhramacharimayum Angousana said that the committee was formed in October 2011 with Y Mohindro as the president.
He continued that the film will further aid in the demand for inclusion of the Meitei in the Scheduled Tribes list.
The committee has already submitted memorandums to the State Governor, Chief Minister and the Central government on thier demand.