A new political party called Meitei Nationalist Party formed on September 30 has announced the objectives of the party today during a press meet held today at Hotel Mass. Brahmacharimayum Angousana Sharma has been unanimously elected as the founder president of the newly formed party. Speaking during the press meet Angousana Sharma said that the one point agenda of the newly formed political party is to demand Scheduled Tribe status for the Meitei people. He said inclusion of the Meitei to schedule tribe status will solve the inequality between Meitei and other communities of the state.