Locals of Singjamei and vendors on Thursday took up demonstration at the street of Singjamei Bazar in Imphal West demanding to enlist the Meetei community in the ST list.
A sit-in protest was held at Khurai Puthiba Leikai followed by a rally along the stretch of Imphal-Ukhrul road, demanding ST status for Meetei community in Manipur.
Meetei-Pangal Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee said a strong movement will be launched to raise the demand upon the state government to make Manipur an inclusive scheduled tribe state as a whole from January 27.
The agitation, which lasted for around 30 minutes, caused a huge traffic congestion along the roads of Lamlong Bazar. Ironically, no security personnel was seen turning up to control the mob.