Five Naga tribes to resume protest against Nagaland’s job reservation policy on July 9

Guwahati

On Thursday, a committee represented five major Naga tribes (ANGAMİ, AO, Lotha, Rengma and Sumi), re -agitation of Nagaland’s agitation against the reservation policy in government employment from 9 July.

The Study Reservation Policy Committee argued that the quota system for the 11 “back” Naga tribe, which has come into force since 1977, no longer reflects the dominant socio-economic and education view of the region. The list includes seven tribes living in East Nagaland.

“The protest will be one day. We will take more steps depending on how the government reacts,” said GK Zhimomi. He explained that the Committee is not “against any tribe that benefited from the reservation policy ,, but“ the review of this 48 -year -old policy is very delayed ”.

Mr. Zhimomi said that the government could not start a review in 1987 and that the reservation would continue in 1989 until the next statement.

The Committee submitted a 30 -day ultimatum to the government led by Neiphiu Rio on April 26 after a memorandum sent on September 20, 2024 and seeking a revision of the quota frame. The group launched a suspended protest after making a commission would be established until 17 June to make a meeting on June 3, Deputy Prime Minister Yanthungo Patton.

However, on July 2, Prime Minister Neiphiu Rio, the proposed commission defined the task as “very detailed” and said it cannot be expected to give results immediately. He also stated that important administrative reforms, including those related to reservation or restriction, should only be done after the national census exercise planned for 2027.

The committee, which was not satisfied with the government’s position, decided to restart its agitation.

In the meantime, students from the backward tribes expressed a strong opposition to any potential revision, arguing that the existing policy would damage any dilution, disproportionately damage to the state’s marginal communities.

Nagaland’s reservation policy, which was first initiated in 1967, reserves 80% of the state government affairs for all domestic planned tribes. In 1977, eleven tribes were defined as “back ve and received 37% of the total reservations -25% were allocated to seven Eastern tribes and 12% to four tribes from other regions of the state. The same frame applies to entrance exams and educational institutions operated by the state.