In a letter written to the Chief Minister, Maitshaphrang convenor Michel N Syiem said the NGO had, since 1985, launched an awareness campaign among the people on the importance of having the two bills to speed up all round development of the state and ensure protection of indigenous people.
The convenor said because of the peculiar inheritance system practised by the indigenous people these laws could not be taken up in isolation but had to be taken up simultaneously.