Nagaland tribes demand review, reallocation of job quotas
Organizations protested in Kohima, Nagaland, urging a review of the state's job reservation policy, which has been in place since 1977. The 5-Tribes Committee on Review of Reservation Policy demanded either the policy's abolishment or the reallocation of unfilled reserved positions to the Ao, Angami, Lotha, Rengma, and Sumi tribes.
Agencies Several organisations staged a protest outside the Nagaland Civil Secretariat in Kohima demanding a review of the state's job reservation policy.Under the banner of the 5-Tribes Committee on Review of Reservation Policy (CoRRP), the demonstrators demanded that the existing job reservation policy which has been in effect since 1977 either be scrapped, or the unfilled reserved positions be reallocated specifically to the five major tribes.
The CoRRP comprises five Naga tribe organisations -- the Angami Public Organisation, the Ao Senden, the Lotha Hoha, the Rengma Hoho, and the Sumi Hohoon -- representing the five major tribal communities of Ao, Angami, Lotha, Rengma and Sumi.CoRRP convenor Tesinlo Semy said they had, in September 2024, submitted a memorandum to the state government demanding either a complete scrapping of the 48-year-old policy or the reallocation of the unreserved quota to these tribes.
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