Kohima: The Eastern Naga Students’ Federation (ENSF) has sought to make its stand clear on the 25 per cent Job Reservation while stating that only Eastern Nagas ‘by blood’ should be accommodated under the Backward Tribe Quota of the Eastern Nagas in all Government Departments firms or agencies.
In a release issued by ENSF President and Speaker Hawang T. Wangsha and Throngso Yimchungru said the matter is with the ENSF encompassing all 6 tribes of the Eastern Nagaland and one tribal organisation or complainant cannot give the final word as it concerns the future of 6 tribes.
The Federation reminded that it has been urging the Government time and again to implement the 25 per cent Job Reservation in letter and in spirit.
They also mentioned that this reservation is not for ‘adopted, migrants or acquired’ but exclusively for ‘indigenous/by blood’ citizens of the 6 tribes.
In this regard, it maintained that the NPSC or any Government recruiting agency should verify the credentials of the applicants, especially in Indigenous Inhabitant, Scheduled Tribe and Backward Tribe Certificates, before appointing such applicants.
It further cautioned that any Village Council, Gaon Burahs or Village Citizens Organisation taking up the case in favour of ‘Non-Eastern Nagas by blood’ and undermining the rights and privileges of their own ‘pure citizens’ would be questioned seriously.
They stated that necessary action would be initiated against the village concerned, which may even extend to depriving the rights and privileges of such villages. (UNI)
