DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 30 (MExN): The Eastern Nagaland College Students' Union (ENCSU) has demanded that the Nagaland State Government allocate the remaining seats immediately with regard to the NSEE exams 2016. It stood firm on the ultimatum submitted on July 26, 2016 and another ultimatum submitted to Chief Minister on October 29, 2016 demanding for 4 MBBS seats to 6 “backward tribes” of eastern Nagaland.
“If the government can give two/ three seats then there's no problem in giving 4 seats. If there's a will power with the Government then there's always a way to solve out the issue,” a press note from the ENCSU said, while urging the state government to work sincerely for the welfare of the “deprived people.”
“Even after the lapse of 96 days, the government want to compromise the issue with two seats which the union can't accept until there are some conditions to safeguard the two still missing seats,” it added.
The ENCSU questioned the state government “if other tribes can benefit double out of our cry then why not the 6 ‘backward tribes’ of Eastern Nagaland? The manipulative game playing by some people and trying to disintegrate the unity among the Eastern Nagas should be avoided before the thing becomes unhealthy,” it added.
The union also demanded that those students even after allocating the seats should be admitted safely by the government and the department concerned and “should avoid any confusion that will hinder in the career of the students.”
If the government fails to address the issue and deliver justice by allocating remaining seats at the earliest, the union will be compelled to revoke its temporarily suspended agitation in consultation with the ENSF, it warned.
