Kirati Khambu Rai Sanskritik Sansthan affiliates with AIKKRA

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KURSEONG : Various Khambu Rai associations of the country started affiliating themselves to the All India Kirati Khambu Rai Association (AIKKRA) in order to back their demand of including Khambu Rai community within the Scheduled Tribe status. In keeping with the trend, members of Kirati Khambu Rai Sanskritik Sansthan of Kurseong led by general secretary CB Rai today affiliated their association with AIKKRA besides unanimously forming an AIKKRA Kurseong sub-divisional committee. Khemraj Rai has been elected the president while SB Rai is the general secretary of the committee. Notably, on March 4, 2011 Akhil Kirat Rai Sangh of Sikkim and the Kirati KIhambu Rai Sanskritik Sansthan of West Bengal had jointly held a meeting passing a resolution that stated the Kirati Rai associations spread across the country should hold AIKKRA as the sole fraternity. Accordingly, an ad-hoc committee was formed on the same day of the meeting to which Dr. SK Rai from Sikkim was elected the chairman.