Quota review issue: 5 Tribes to launch phase-I protest on May 29

5 Tribes Committee on Review of Reservation Policy (CoRRP) on Monday informed that the first phase of agitation would be staged on May 29, 2025.
5 Tribes CoRRP representing Angami Public Organisation, Ao Senden, Lotha Hoho, Rengma Hoho, and Sumi Hoho, had announced its decision on May 24 to stage peaceful protests if the state government failed to address the demands concerning the Nagaland job reservation policy.
In a press release, 5 Tribes CoRRP convenor Er Tesinlo Semy and member secretary GK Zhimomi said that the state government has failed to respond to its memorandum dated September 20, 2024 and 30-day ultimatum of April 26, 2025 which ended on May 26, 2025. Therefore, as resolved at a joint meeting of 5 Tribes apex bodies along with their youth and student organizations at CPO Hall, Chumoukedima on May 24, 2025, the committee said first phase of agitation would be held on May 29, 2025 in all district headquarters inhabited by five tribes.
The committee informed that as part of the protest, the protesters would march to DC office in respective districts and submit an ultimatum reminder to the state government through deputy commissioner.
The committee has requested all the public especially youth and students from the five tribes to participate in this movement against 48 years of indefinite reservation policy “in which various review committees has never addressed the concerns of non backward tribes.”
CoRRP informed that phase-II stir would be peaceful dharna outside Nagaland Civil Secretariat starting June 2, 2025 and in phase-3, there would be total shutdown in all districts inhabited by five Tribes starting June 9, 2025.
According to CoRRP, job reservation policy was introduced in 1977 with an initial duration of 10 years. However, the state government after failing to renew it formally in 1987, issued an order in 1989 for continuation of reservation until further notice.
CoRRP said its demand was either scrapping of job reservation policy for backward tribes or the remaining unreserved quota be reserved exclusively for the five tribes.