NAMSAI, Nov 11: Deputy Chief Minister, Chowna Mein exhorted the Tai-Khamti Singpho Council (TKSC), the apex organization of Tai-Khamti Singpho Communities to work for the upliftment of society.
While attending the Vth Convention of the TKSC, he said that the two communities, Tai and Singpho are "inseparable parts and sides of the same coin which works in cooperation all the time."
Lauding the TKSC for democratically electing the new executive members with equal representation of both the communities in the Council for the first time in its 57 years of journey, he said, it will pave a new era for the development of both the communities.
He further lauded them for forming Youth and Women Wing in the Council for the first time saying that both the wings have very important role to play in society and must actively participate for the welfare of women and the youths.
He said, “our society is badly affected by the drug menace which needs to be curbed with active involvement of every section of  society”. He called upon the elders to guide the youths in the right path and keep them engaged in fruitful works.
 MLA Namsai, Chau Zingnu Namchoom said, “Tai Khamti and Singpho communities are the only two communities in the State which share one common organization living peacefully for ages together”. Terming it an example for other communities in the state, he further exhorted the community leaders to guide and take the community forward.
On the occasion, Former Minister - C C Singpho, DC Namsai – C R Khampa, Outgoing President and secretary of TKSC, President of All Tai-Khamti Singpho Students Union, President of Singpho Development Council, President of Tai-Khamti Development Society, Khamti Chiefs, Chairman of Convention Organizing Committee and others also spoke.  
It was informed that all the executive members of TKSC were elected unopposed and they were administered oath of allegiance by the outgoing President of TKSC, Chau Khamsen Namchoom.

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