Newmai News Network Imphal | April 12 The Joint Action Committee Against Anti-Tribal Bills (JAC-AATB) has decided to send its representatives to New Delhi at the earliest to campaign for the tribal people's cause. The JAC also took a decision to observe the 600th Day of the Movement on April 22, in a joint meeting to discuss the ongoing tribal movement. Representatives of Mizo People Convention, United Zou Organisation, Simte Tribe Council, Tedim Chin Union and Young Paite Association, which are part of the JAC, attended the meeting held at the Young Paite Association GHQ office, Hiangtam Lamka, Churachandpur district. The joint meeting resolved to expand the JAC with each tribe-based organizations sending in more representatives, the JAC said in a statement. The JAC and the tribe-based organisations also appealed to the public to ceaselessly pray for an early solution that is sustainable and acceptable to the tribal people. On April 10, the second round of talks between the JAC and Manipur government ended without any major breakthrough. Some of the demands of JAC-AATB are "Constitutional safeguard of the tribal territory, restoration of the MLR and LR Act of 1960 to its original status and justice for the martyrs and injured". On August 31, 2015, the Manipur Assembly passed three bills which became contentious since then. The tribal people have termed the bills ‘anti-tribal.” Nine protesters were killed and many injured when violence broke in Churachandpur district following passing of the bills. Of the nine bodies, eight are still lying unclaimed in the Churachandpur District Hospital mortuary as the deadlock has persisted over the issues including burial of the bodies.
