New Delhi , Dec 22 (ANI): Parliament today approved a bill to give Scheduled Tribes (ST) status to six communities of Manipur and substitute the name of one in the list of Arunachal Pradesh.
The Rajya Sabha passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill 2011 to give Scheduled Tribe status to Inpui, Rongmei, Liangmai, Zeme, Thangal and Mate communities of Manipur and substitute Galong with Galo.
The Lok Sabha had passed this bill on Monday.
Congress MP from Arunachal Pradesh (West) Takam Sanjoy had earlier welcomed the change of name from Galong to Galo and termed it to be a big victory for his state.
Sanjoy thanked UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Minister of Tribal Affairs V Kishore Chandra Deo and his predecessor Kantilal Bhuria for their support in passage of the Bill.
“The change of name is a big victory for Arunachal Pradesh and commitment made to the people has been fulfilled,” he said.
The Government of Arunachal Pradesh has been recommending for long that the name “Galo” be substituted in the list of Scheduled Tribes in the state since “Galong” is a distorted version of the original word “Galo”.
Kishore Chandra Deo had introduced the bill in the Parliament on December 7
Currently, 26 major communities exist in the list of Scheduled Tribes in Arunachal Pradesh, including “Galong”.
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