It was supported by various literary, political, social associations and organisations as well as notable individual personalities of Bangladesh, Myanmar, Northeast India (prominently Assam, Manipur and Tripura).

In 2013, after learning, the possibility of classical language status for Meitei began to be discussed at various book released and cultural events.

[2] July 2013, A. Balkrishna Sharma, the then vice-president of Naharol Sahitya Premee Samiti, said "We are also proud to claim Manipuri as a classical language because of the rich tradition of writing maintained by our forefathers".

[2] During June 2014, Vinod Kumar Duggal, the then Governor of Manipur, announced that he had already taken initial steps to have Meitei declared a Classical Language of India.

[27][28] In the year 2020, Leishemba Sanajaoba, the present King of Manipur, was elected as a member of parliament of the Rajya Sabha from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The government of India had responded to him asking for the submission of necessary documents to prove that it fulfils the essential criteria to get the status of "classical language".

[38][39] During July 2022, while talking to the Imphal Free Press during a programme held at Babupara in Imphal, Th Basantakumar, minister of Education Department of the government of Manipur, said that the government had planned a roadmap to collect and prepare all necessary documents and submit them to the Ministry of Culture by September of the very year.

[40] During the first week of September 2022, the annual general body meeting of the "Writer's Forum, Manipur", organised at Manipur Hindi Parishad, Imphal, issued a statement appealing to the central government of India, to take up the essential steps to include Meitei language as an Indian classical language.

The WAMA expressed that these negligences of the Language Department will make the efforts of Sanajaoba, of raising his voice in the Rajya Sabha, go unsuccessful.

[43] The WAMA asked the state government of Manipur for the change of the present director of the Department of Language Planning and Implementation.

According to the WAMA, Chitra, the present director, is unfit to hold her official position due to her neglecting and irresponsible acts.