Dimapur, July 20: The Eastern Naga College Students Union (ENCSU) has sought the government for immediate review of the recently declared results for selection of MBBS and BDS candidates by Department of Technical Education on July 15.
The union alleged that the selection process for MBBS and BDS candidates was not free and fair under State government over few past years and the same anomalies have been detected even this year.
It said, the department and government have failed to implement the government policy on BT Reservation in selecting the students from deprived areas. ENCSU Chairman Longre Chang and Jt. Secretary Nokchem Angth in a memorandum to the government said, “According to the Government policy 15 percent are reserved for the Backward Tribes of the Nagaland State. If this to be implemented then out of 45 MBBS seats, the BTs have to get 7 seats. However, the distribution of seats has never been fair citing 40% marks. This year BTs were allocated only 3 seats in 2016. Therefore, we ask the government and the department to immediately review and implement the quota as per the Government policy by conducting re-examination solely for candidates belonging to Backward Tribes of Nagaland or should award grace mark and allocate the 4 missing seats to BT candidates at the earliest.”
The ENCSU also questioned the department as to how it can possibly maintain the uniform cut off mark to all candidates at 40% when it claim 15% reservation for BTs. The ENCSU asked the government to withhold from conducting counseling for the selected candidates until the issue is settled.
“If the government and the department fail to respond on or before July 25 to our demand the Union shall take its own course of action and it will not be held responsible for any untoward situation.”
