The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has suggested that the Centre lead an all-party delegation to Manipur for making a field visit and taking stock of the situation first hand so that more constructive suggestions could be made to resolve the issue following the recent clashes between the Kukis and Meiteis.
Senior leader of BRS and Vice-Chairman of the State Planning Board B. Vinod Kumar represented the party at an all-party meeting convened by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Saturday. Irrespective of reasons, an atmosphere of friction had been prevailing in Manipur since 1990s.
However, Meiteis denabd their inclusion in the Scheduled Tribes list even in the hilly areas, where mostly Kukis and Nagas reside. Plains were mostly occupied by the Meiteis. He observed that the recent judgment of the Manipur High Court for inclusion of Meiteis in the ST list within four weeks was unconstitutional as only Parliament holds the right to include any community in ST list.
