DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 27 (MExN): The Eastern Nagaland College Students’ Union (ENCSU) today said it is “appalled” to see the notification issued by the Director, Department of Technical Education (DoTE) calling for Spot Counselling on September 28.
A press note from the ENCSU questioned the department’s attitude towards the “backward tribes” of the state and said that “when the underprivileged people are appealing time and again in good faith, the Department calling for counselling violating the assurance given to the ENCSU by the State Government on 6th September 2016 is uncalled for.”
The ENCSU further expressed surprise to see the change of the department’s stand on this matter after receiving additional MBBS and BDS seats. “When the ENCSU first requested the Department to use 2014 method of filling the vacant seats by the BT candidates, the Department had stated that they could not do anything as the selection for the seats was done by the Common Selection Board (CSB),” it informed.
It alleged that “violating the department’s own stand, they are now trying to allot the additional seats by the NEET qualified candidates which is a direct challenge and insult to the union in particular and backward tribes in general.”
The ENCSU further said that the department is “able to allot the vacant seats by using different forms of methods when it is in the interest of others, but when the BTs appealed the department to give us our due share, they brought up all the lame excuses just to deprive and discriminate the people from Backward Tribes.”
“It is also a wonder to see the notification from the Director even before the decision of the Cabinet is disseminated to anyone,” it added.
The ENCSU cautioned that in the event of failing to fulfill their demands, the union would be compelled to take extreme steps deemed necessary to safeguard the interest of the ‘backward tribes.’ “The ENCSU will not compromise till the demands mentioned in the Union’s ultimatum submitted to the Chief Secretary on 26th July 2016 are addressed and justice is delivered,” it affirmed.
