Demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the majority Meitei community, has become a huge election issue in Manipur.
The Meiteis are dominant in two-third of 60 constituencies in Imphal Valley.
Demand for ST status is not because the Meitei community want jobs in Central sector.
But because they can’t buy land in hill areas.
Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act can be amended, but there cannot be any concern related to ST.