Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, Jul 06:
Contending that Manipur Government has been discriminating and imposing their will on the students of hill districts, particularly the Nagas, the Naga Students' Federation (NSF) asserted that it is fully prepared to face any consequences in thwarting the discriminatory policy imposed on the minority Naga students of Manipur.
In a statement issued from its Kohima head office, NSF cited preference of Nagaland Board of School Education prescribed text books by Naga students of manipur's hill districts as an outcome of Manipur Government's decision to impose Meetei Mayek on the minority students.
the historical facts and rights of the people cannot be undermined by any force as long ethnic people exists and live in their own land, the NSF affirmed while alleging that Nagas and other minority ethnic groups of Manipur have suffered long enough in the hands of the majority Meiteis in different areas.
Moreover, cultural imposition by the Meiteis under the pretext of school syllabi deserves utmost condemnation by the entire ethnic people of the world, the statement issued by its president V Phushika Aomi maintained.
NSF also prevailed upon the Nagaland Government to find and amicable way in accommodating over 40,000 students to address grievances of the hill district students of Manipur who, NSF claimed, have rejected text books of BSEM on their own volition.
The NSF has also deputed a team to meet Human Resource Development Minister on the issue of discrimination of minority by the Meiteis with high hope that India will address the issue without further delay and reaffirmed itself (India) as the largest democratic Nation in the world, added the statement.