Tension in Manipur as radical group Arambai Tenggol ‘summons’ all 40 Valley-based MLAs to Kangla Fort
- January 25, 2024
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Tension in Manipur as radical group Arambai Tenggol ‘summons’ all 40 Valley-based MLAs to Kangla Fort
Subject: Geography
Section: Human geography
Context:
- Kuki groups claim that Arambai Tenggol has been involved in the killing of Kuki-zos since May last year.
More on news:
- A team of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) reached Manipur and camped in the state to keep watch on the situation.
- Kuki groups, however, expressed concern over reports about a meeting of the MHA team with Arambai Tenggol in Imphal.
- They claim that the BJP government in the state is in cahoots with Arambai Tenggol and another similar radical group MeeteiLeepun.
- Radical Meitei group Aarambai Tenggol “summoned” all 40 MLAs of Meitei-dominated Imphal Valley for a meeting on Wednesday morning at the historic Kangla Fort in Imphal.
About Arambai Tenggol:
- Arambai Tenggol is a Meitei organization of around 50,000 people engaged in guarding villages in the valley areas of the state.
- It is a Meitei activist organization in the Indian state of Manipur.
- It is often described as a radical organization, or as a radicalized armed militia.
- Starting as a cultural outfit, it soon turned into a radical organization.
About Meitei:
- The Meitei people, Meetei people, or Manipuri people are an ethnic group native to Manipur. They form the largest and dominant ethnic group of Manipur in Northeast India.
- Meitei officially known as Manipuri is a Tibeto-Burman language of northeast India.
- The Meiteis primarily settled in the valley areas in modern-day Manipur, though a sizable population has settled in the other Indian states of Assam, Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Mizoram.
- There is also a notable presence of Meitei people in the neighboring countries of Myanmar and Bangladesh.
- The Meitei ethnic group represents about 53% of Manipur’s population.
- It is the official language and the lingua franca of Manipur.
- It is one of the 22 official languages of the Indian Republic, included in the 8th Schedule to the Indian Constitution.
About Kuki tribe:
- The Kuki people are an ethnic group in the Northeastern Indian states of Manipur, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram, as well as the neighboring countries of Bangladesh and Myanmar.
- The Kuki constitute one of several hill tribes within India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. In Northeast India, they are present in all states except Arunachal Pradesh.
The Zou people or Zomi:
- They are an indigenous community living along the frontier of India and Burma.
- They are a subgroup of the Zo people (Mizo-Kuki-Chin).
- In India, they live with and are similar in language and habits to the Paite and the Simte peoples.
- In India, the Zou are officially recognized as one of the thirty-three indigenous peoples within the state of Manipur, and are one of the Scheduled tribes.
- According to the 2001 Census, the Zou/Jou population in Manipur is around 20,000, less than 3% of the population.
- The community is concentrated in Churachandpur and Chandel districts of Manipur.