At "Historic" Convention, Manipur's Thadou Tribe States Position On NRC, 'War On Drugs'
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The Thadou tribe also voiced support for the Manipur government's 'War on Drugs' campaign, and asked the government to "implement it more effectively with a greater community engagement"
Amid tension between the Meitei community and the Kuki tribes in Manipur, the Thadou tribe in the state has said it is a distinct tribe with its own separate language, culture, tradition and history. The Thadou Tribe Convention, billed as a "historic" event, in a statement said they will support the National Register of Citizens (NRC) if the Centre decides to carry out the exercise in Manipur.
They also voiced support for the Manipur government's 'War on Drugs' campaign, and asked the government to "implement it more effectively with a greater community engagement and better planning and a clear goal for the best socio-economic and environmental outcomes for now and the future."
The Thadou tribe has been struggling to assert its distinct identity, the convention said, adding Thadous have always been known and recorded as Thadou, without any prefix or suffix to it, and it has been the single-largest tribe in Manipur consistently since the first census of India in 1881 till the latest census in 2011.
