Manipur, May 23 -- Joint civil bodies on Wednesday demanded the state authorities to send the required data and documents required for inclusion of Meitei/Meetei in the ST list.

The Scheduled Tribe Protection Act was the "only measure" to provide security to the Meitei community, the bodies stated while addressing the media during the book release function at Manipur Press Club, Imphal.

The book is a compiled data of the miss call campaign undertaken by various CSOs for inclusion of Meitei/Meetei in the ST list.

Speaking on the occasion, Kangleipak Kanba Lup secretary Urikhimbam Ngamkheingakpa Luwang stressed the need for Meiteis to be included in the ST list.

"The miss call campaign was an experiment to see the people's response rega...