Kuki Inpi Nagaland (KIN) has appealed to the state government to include the Kuki tribe of Peren district under the state reservation policy for backward tribes/districts.
In a representation to the deputy CM and convenor of the State Reservation Review Committee, Y Patton, KIN president LL Kuki cited the example of Sumi tribe under Kiphire district where the latter enjoyed 4% reservation in government job as Kiphire district was categorised as one of the backward districts in the state.
Referring to the decisions taken at the Peren DPDB meeting held on April 15, 2014, KIN said that the then DC had written to the principal secretary Home informing the government about the “recommendations of the board for inclusion of Kuki of Peren as backward tribe on the same analogy of Sumi of Kiphire district in view of the educational and economic backwardness of Kukis of Peren…”
In this regard, KIN said the same yardstick should also be applied for the indigenous Kukis of Peren district.
However, after lapse of four years, KIN said a representation was submitted to chief minister Neiphiu Rio on July 17, 2018 when the union called on him at his Sovima residence. A reminder letter dated October 29, 2018 was also submitted to the chief minister, but there was no positive response till date.
In this regard, KIN urged Patton to look into the genuine demand “so as to set us free from the long discrimination.”