- CoRRP suspends agitation till June 15
Y Patton (EM Images)
- KOHIMA — The Nagaland state government has been
given a two-week period to deliberate on the formation of an independent
commission to examine the reservation policy, following a meeting with the Five
Tribes Committee on Review of Reservation Policy (CoRRP) and apex tribal bodies
at the Nagaland Civil Secretariat on Tuesday.
- The CoRRP has agreed to suspend its agitation during this
period.
- The meeting, held at the Chief Secretary’s Conference Hall,
was chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton and attended by other cabinet
ministers including G Kaito Aye, Metsubo Jamir, Salhoutuonuo Kruse, and Temjen
Imna Along, as well as senior state government officials. Representatives from
the Ao, Sumi, Angami, Lotha, and Rengma tribes, who make up the Five Tribes
Committee, were also present.
Related: Reservation Row: 5 tribes launch multi-district protests in Nagaland
- Speaking to the media after the meeting, Patton said that
the discussion focused on the reservation quota system. The CoRRP and tribal
bodies have urged the state government to take a decision and either to scrap
the backward tribe (BT) quota or to allocate the remaining unreserved quota to
the five tribes.
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- After extensive discussion, the state government appealed
for more time, he said.
