CoRRP to go ahead with phase-II ‘sit-in’ stir in Kohima from July 9

A day after Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio urged the public to be patient as the state government prepares to constitute a Commission to review the existing job reservation policy, the 5-Tribes Committee on Revision of Reservation Policy (CoRRP) has resolved to go ahead with its Phase-II agitation.
CoRRP member secretary GK Zhimomi informed that the decision to go ahead with the protest was unanimously taken during a meeting held on Thursday.
The second phase of protest will take the form of a sit-in demonstration outside the Nagaland Civil Secretariat, beginning July 9 from 9 a.m. onwards.
It may be recalled that CoRRP has consistently expressed deep concern over what it termed the “continued inaction” of the state government despite the cabinet’s decision to set up a commission to review the current reservation policy.
While the committee acknowledged the government’s announcement to constitute the Commission, it lamented that the state was yet to respond to its two core demands– either to scrap the existing reservation policy or to allocate the unreserved quota to the five tribes.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a formal function in Kohima on Wednesday, chief minister Rio had said that the Commission’s task was “very detailed” and that it could not deliver immediate results.
He emphasised that any reforms, whether in administration, reservation, or delimitation, should only be carried out after the national census, which is expected to begin in 2027. “We don’t want to make temporary arrangements,” Rio asserted, while maintaining that the entire state must undergo a thorough review exercise.
The chief minister admitted that there were gaps in the existing system and assured that the government would take necessary steps to address them in a comprehensive and conclusive manner.
Reacting to CoRRP’s demand that civil society organisations (CSOs) and NGOs be excluded from the proposed Commission, Rio said, “The government will look into it. We have to wait and see.”
They argued that the policy, which has been in place since 1977, no longer reflects the current socio-economic and educational realities of the various communities in the state.
Despite submitting the memorandum on September 20, 2024, and issuing a 30-day ultimatum on April 26, 2025, the tribes claimed the government “failed” to respond until recently.
It was only during a meeting convened by deputy chief minister Y Patton on June 3, that the government assured CoRRP and the five tribes that a commission would be constituted by June 17.