17th General Conference concludes at Jonai, 101-member central committee formed

General 2026-07-13

The 17th Triennial General Conference of the Takam Mising Porin Kebang concluded successfully at Mising Kristi Bhawan, Murkangchelek, Jonai after a four-day programme. Presided over by president Tilak Doley and conducted by general secretary Shaan Do:nyi Panging, the concluding session was attended by Education Minister Ranoj Pegu, Dhakuakhana MLA Naba Kumar Doley, Majuli MLA Bhubon Gam and Jonai MLA Bhubon Pegu, himself a former TMPK central president. A 101-member central committee with Tilak Doley and Shaan Do:nyi Panging at the helm was constituted in the delegates' session, with nearly 50 per cent new faces. AASU chief advisor Samujjal Kumar Bhattacharya joined a seminar attended by student bodies of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The conference deliberated on upgrading the Mising Autonomous Council to the Sixth Schedule, replacing the constitutional term 'Miri' with 'Mising', land pattas, rehabilitation of Laika-Dadhia residents and appointment of teachers in 200 Mising-medium primary schools. (Based on reports by ETV Bharat Assamese and India Today NE.)