Meitei associate official language movement

Movement of Meitei language to be included as an associate official language of Assam
	"Meitei Lon" (literally meaning "Meitei language"), written in Meitei script
English name	Movement of Meitei language to be included as an associate official language of Assam
Time	2020 - 2021
Duration	2020 - 2021
Venue	Northeast India (predominantly from Assam, Manipur and Tripura)
Location	Northeast India (predominantly from Assam, Manipur and Tripura)
Also known as	Associate official language movement of Meitei language; Associate official language movement of Manipuri language; Meitei associate official language movement; Manipuri associate official language movement; Meitei language movement in Assam; Manipuri language movement in Assam;
Type	social movement
Theme	Language movement Meitei language movement; ;
Cause	Exemption of all the candidates who do not appear the exams in either of the three mandatory languages, Assamese, Bodo or Bengali, without provisions of any alternative language, in job recruitments conducted by the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) of the Government of Assam (Assam Public Services Competitive Examination (Amendment) Rules, 2019)
Target	Inclusion of Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) as an associate official language of the Government of Assam Inclusion of Meitei language in the job recruitment exams conducted by the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC); ;
Patron(s)	Government of Manipur;
Organised by	Government of Manipur; All Manipur Students' Union (AMSU); Assam Manipuri Meira Paibi Lup; Assam Manipuri Sahitya Parishad; All Assam Manipuri Muslim Youth Front; All Assam Manipuri Students Union (AAMSU); Guwahati Manipuri Coordination Committee (GMCC); Manipuri Youth Front of Assam (MYFA); Union of Association of Manipuri Writers; Youth's Action Committee for Protection of Indigenous People (YACPIP);
Participants	Leishemba Sanajaoba, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha; Nongthombam Biren Singh, the Chief Minister of Manipur; Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha;

The social movement of Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) to be included as an associate official language of the Government of Assam is advocated by several literary, political, social associations and organisations as well as notable individual personalities of Northeast India (predominantly from Assam, Manipur and Tripura).

During November 2021, the Government of Assam declared the removal of mandatoriness of any particular language in the job recruitment exams conducted by the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC).

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