B. Mukhim
Ha ka 25 tarik u Naitung, 2018, ka KHADC ka la pass ia ka 2nd Amendment Bill jong ka Khasi Social Custom and Linage Act, 1997 kaba batai ba ki kynthei Khasi kiba ioh lok dkhar bad ki khun ki kti kiba mih na katei ka jingiashong kha kin duh noh ia ki hok bad ia ki jingmyntoi baroh kum ki Scheduled Tribe. Katei ka Bill ka dei ka mat jingiakren kaba khluit bha ha kine ki khyndiat sngi. La don kiba la pynpaw ia la ki jong ki jong ki jingsngew halor jong kane ka bill. Hynrei ki la don ruh ki jingiakynnoh, ki jingia-kynthoh bad ki jingia-kawang ktieh ki bym sngewtynnad satia bad ia kane ki la la leh ha ki kotkhubor phareng bad ha ki social media. Katta lehse, kiwei pat ki jaidbynriew ki la iathap kti bad rkhie bein ia ka jaidbynriew jong ngi.
Ha kaba iadei bad ka ai-jait ai-khong bad kumjuh ruh ha kaba iadei bad ka jinglong kyrpang jong ka jaidbynriew, ka long kaba donkam ba ngin tip bad sngewthuh ia ki katto katne ki jingshisha kiba don (i) ha ka Riti Synshar jong ka Ri India (ii) ki Riti Dustur u Khasi (iii) ka Rai jong ka Supreme Court ha kaba iadei bad ki Scheduled Tribe:-
(i) Ka Riti Synshar jong ka Ri India kumba ngi iatip lang baroh, ka la phiah ia ka Ri India ha ki jylla bapher bapher katkum ka ktien ba ngi kren, ka jylla Punjab ia ki Punjabi, ka Gujarat ia ki Gujarati, ka Bihar ia ki Bihari, ka West Bengal ia ki Bengali, ka Tamil Nadu ia ki Tamilian, ka Nagaland ia ki Naga, ka Mizoram ia ki Mizo bad kumta ter ter. Ia ka jylla Meghalaya pat la pynlong na ka bynta ki jaidbynriew Hynniewtrep bad Achik.
(ii)Ka Riti Dustur u Khasi kaba u dang bat haduh mynta ha kiba bun ki shnong ha ki jaka nongkyndong bad khap-sor ruh kumjuh, ka long ba ki kynthei Khasi kiba shong kha khyllah jait, ki hap ban mih noh na la shnong bad ban bud noh ia u kurim jong ki. Ka daw ka long ba ka riti ka dustur ai-jait jong ki, ka long mar pyrshah ia ka jong ngi.
Ki dkhar ki ai jait sha u kpa bad ki Khasi pat sha ka kmie bad kumta ka don ka jingiatyngkhuh hapdeng jong ki ha kane ka liang.
Kawei pat ka Riti Dustur u Khasi kaba u dang bat haduh mynta ka dei ka “Tang-jait” ha kaba ki tang jait thymmai noh ia ki khun kiba mih na ka jingiashong kha hapdeng u kpa Khasi bad ka kmie ka bym dei ka Khasi. Ia kane ki khasi ki leh namar ba ki khun kim lah satia ban shim ia ka jait jong u Kpa bad ha kajuh ka por kim lah ruh ban shim ia ka jait jong ka kmie kaba wan na ka jaidbynriew kaba ai jait kpa (Patrilineal System).
(iii)Ka Supreme Court jong ka Ri India, ha ka 12.2.2006 ka la ai ia kawei ka rai kaba ong kumne “the offshoots of the wedlock of a tribal woman married to a non-tribal husband (forward class) cannot claim Scheduled Tribe Status” (ki khun kiba mih na ka jingia-poikha hapdeng ka kynthei riewlum bad u lok bym dei riewlum kim lah satia ban kam scheduled tribe ialade).
Ngin ia peit hangne ia ki katto katne ki daw balei ba ngi donkam ban wanrah ia katei ka jingkylla ha katei ka ain ba la kdew haneng:-
(a)Ban pynneh pynsah ia ka jinglong kyrpang jong ngi kum ka jaidbynriew. Ngi ju iohsngew ia ka jingong ‘para-doh para-snam’ ne ‘para-jait para-kynja’. Ha kine ki sngi, ngi ju iohsngew bad pule ruh shaphang kita ki ‘gene’ kiba pyniapher ia kawei ka jaidbynriew na kawei pat naduh ka sniehdoh, ka rynieng ryniot bad ka dur, ym tang ha India hynrei ha ka pyrthei hi baroh kawei. Kumta ngin shem ba kawei pa kawei ka jaidbynriew kan ialeh hi ban pyniashong kha tang para jait para kynja khnang ban pynneh pynsah ia ka jaidbynriew jong ki. Hynrei ym lah ban len ba kan don beit katto katne ka jingiashong khleh ha baroh ki jaidbynriew namar ka jingiaieit jong ki watla ki shah kyntait noh ha la ki jong ki bahaiing hasem jong ki. Ka jaidbynriew Israel ka la shah pynsaphriang kylleng ka pyrthei hynrei ka la lah ban bat ia ka jinglong kyrpang jong ka lyngba ka jingiashong kha shong man para ma ki.
(b)Ban khang lad ia ka jingshim kabu da kiwei pat ki jaidbynriew ban klun noh ia ka khyndew a shyiap, ka khaii ka pateng bad ban lait na ka jingsiew khajna sha ka sorkar da kaba shim kabu ha ka kyrteng ka lok bad ki khun nalor kiwei kiwei pat ki jingmyntoi kiba ka Riti Synshar jong ka Ri India ka la bah khlieh ban ai tang ia ki Scheduled Tribe namar ba ki dei ki jaidbynriew kiba dang kham sah-dien.
(c)Ban khang lad ia ka jingpyrshang jong ki heh-paid ban tyllep noh ne ban pynduh jait ia ka jaidbynriew rit-paid jong ngi lyngba ka shongkha shongman da kaba pynrung ia ka rukom im, ka rukom pyrkhat, ka rukom bam rukom dih bad ka rukom mane blei jong ki. Kumta, ka shongkha shongman, lah ban ong, ba ka dei kawei pat ka thma-ba-jar-jar pyrshah ia ka jaidbynriew.
(d)Ban pynlong ia ki longkmie bad ki khun kynthei ba kin sngewthuh ia ka rukom bad ka kyrdan kaba ka jaidbynriew ka ai ha ki bad kumjuh ruh ban sngewthuh ia ka jingkitkhlieh ba la pynshet ha ki kum ki nongri-nongsumar ia la ka kur ka jait ne ia ka jaidbynriew hi bad ia ka khyndew ka shyiap.
Shuwa ban pynkut, kan bha ban iatai khyndiat halor ka jingong ba ka jait Khasi kaba sdang da ka ktien ‘Khar’ na khmat ka dei kaba hiar pateng na ki kmie dkhar. Hynrei lah ban kdew hangne ba ka ktien ‘Khar’ ha ka ktien Khasi, ka mut ruh ban ‘tam’ ne ban ‘shim’ ei ei, kum kaba khar-maw ne khar-dieng. Watla ka dei makna kumta kumba ki ong, ba baroh ki jait Khasi kiba sdang da ka ktien ‘Khar’ ki dei kiba hiar pateng na ka kmie dkhar, hynrei haba peit ia ka dur ka dar, ka rynieng ryniot bad ka sniehdoh jong ki pat, ki long hi kumjuh kumba ia long lem kiwei pat ki para Khasi. Katba mynta pat, ngi iohi ba ka dur ka dar, ka rynieng ryniot bad ka snieh doh jong ki khun kiba mih na ka jingiashong kha khleh, ka iapher bak-ly-bak na ka jong ngi.
Ka long namarkata, kaba eh ia ngi ki riew-paidbah ban sngewthuh ha kano ka rukom ki ‘gene’ ki trei kam ha ka met jong u briew bad dei tang ki riewstad kiba la wad bniah bha halor jong kane ka phang kiba lah ban batai kham bha.