CNWA backs 5 Tribes CoRRP stand on reservation policy

Central Nagaland Women Association (CNWA) has affirmed support to the 5 Tribes Committee on Review of Reservation Policy (CoRRP) stand that the state government either scrap job reservation policy for backward tribes or the remaining unreserved quota be reserved exclusively for the five tribes.
In a press release, CNWA president Dr Anungla Aier appreciated CoRRP and the apex bodies of the five tribes for not only pointing out the flaws in the current reservation policy, but also for being steadfast and committed in their struggles to affect a shift towards a more equitable and fair policy of job reservation in the state.
CNWA also reiterated that the reservation policy, which had been in existence for the last 48 years, has become ineffectual in today’s scenario.
Therefore, the association stated that the reservation policy needed to be reviewed keeping in view the interests of all the stakeholders of the state.
During the last nearly five decades, CNWA said the reservation policy had been reviewed and modified several times. However, it said that in the earlier reviews the voice of the five tribes, who fall under the ‘Non backward tribe’ category, have neither been even considered nor have the government assessed the impact of such a one-sided policy upon the five tribes not covered by the policy.
The women body therefore said that the CoRRP demand for concrete changes in the policy was justified, adding there should not be any more delay on the part of the government in addressing the issue.
CNWA along with its federating apex women bodies have appealed to the government to take cognizance of the genuineness of the demands for changes.
The association affirmed to stand by the core demands of the CoRRP. It also expressed solidarity with the CoRRP mandated by the apex bodies of five tribes.
It may be recalled that the CoRRP, responding to a request made by the State government on July 8, had scaled down its proposed indefinite sit-in protest to a one-day protest on July 9.
CoRRP maintained they expected the state government to fulfill the assurance of initiating dialogue with the CoRRP after the return of the chief minister to the state. CoRRP also warned that failure to do so would lead to intensified agitation.