- 5 tribes’ committee issue 30-day ultimatum to chief minister
- DIMAPUR — The ‘5
Tribes Committee on Review of Reservation Policy’ on Saturday issued a 30-day
ultimatum to the chief minister to act on its September 20, 2024, memorandum.
- The ultimatum reminded that the committee, nominated by the
five tribe apex hohos (Angami Public Organisation, Ao Senden, Lotha Hoho,
Rengma Hoho and Sumi Hoho), had submitted a memorandum to the chief minister on
September 20, 2024, seeking “immediate attention and necessary action.”
- However, six months have passed with “no action or further
communication” on the matter, the committee stated in its latest ultimatum.
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- The committee’s previous memorandum had demanded either the
abolishment/scrapping of Nagaland's Job Reservation Policy for Backward Tribes
or the reservation of the remaining unreserved quota exclusively for the five
tribes, who comprise nearly 55% of Nagaland's Scheduled Tribe population.
- This, according to the committee, was to ensure that all
tribes receive fair opportunities and that the principles of meritocracy and
equality are upheld.
- “We are appalled that the Nagaland Job Reservation Policy
for Backward Tribes has been in effect for the past 47 years, during which
tribes under job reservation have benefitted significantly, even surpassing
many advanced tribes.
- “The job reservation policy was supposed to be reviewed
every ten years, but in 1989, the government notified that the ‘existing policy
will continue till further orders’, which is continuing till date,” the
committee pointed out.
- It went on to state that the recommendations of various
committees for the review of reservation policy set up by the state government
in the past have been kept in cold storage, except for some piecemeal
implementation.
