Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Saturday said the state government would examine a proposal to declare the Loktak Day celebration a state festival.
A delegation of the Loktak Day Celebration Committee, Komlakhong, led by its president Asem Sarat Singh and secretary Yumnam Shantikumar, accompanied by Mayang Imphal MLA K. Robindro Singh, met the Chief Minister at his Secretariat in Mantripukhri and submitted the proposal.
The Chief Minister said the proposal would be examined in the larger interest of preserving Manipur’s rich cultural heritage associated with Loktak Lake.
In a separate meeting, representatives of the Manipur Gorkha Welfare Union, led by its president C. B. Bista and vice-president B. P. Vikas Basnet, met the Chief Minister to discuss issues concerning the development and welfare of the Gorkha community in the state.