DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 14 (MExN): Six apex eastern student bodies have expressed support to the Eastern Nagaland College Students’ Union’s (ENCSU) stand against what it terms is the “manipulative deprivation inflicted upon the poor backward and unprivileged students of Nagaland in the recent declared NSEE II exam 2016.”
The six student bodies include the Konyak Students’ Union, Confederation of Chang Students’ Union, Khiamniungan Students Union, Yimchunger Akhiru Arihako, Phom Students’ Conference and the United Sangtam Students’ Conference.
A joint statement from the six organizations stated that the ENCSU is demanding “only for its due but deprived share seats and nothing beyond and the same should not be conceptualized on a negative footing…”
They reminded the department to understand that the MCI guideline “has mentioned nothing on the reservation but the utmost design of the department that had even reduced the reservation Percentage from 37% to 15%.” The student bodies said that the department has “totally and intentionally failed to adhere the government notification vide Notification No.RCBT-5/87 (Pt-II) dated 4th September, 2015 where the question of the age old parasite of the de-reservation system was rooted out once and for all.”
They cautioned that such “manipulative and instigative attitude of the department will not be tolerated at any cost.” The student bodies asked the department to “totally abstain from making/preparing manipulative rules every minute so as to counter back upon the aggrieved people.” They also questioned the state government whether “all the Government rules and notification implemented and applicable only for the backward tribes?”
Stating that the department claims to have adhered to two sets of rules, the student bodies said that “such attitude of claim in itself is simply pouring out its rotten lungs with rusted minds.” “It may be noted that the State selection board had been fully authorized and endorsed upon for the selection of the candidates and hence they should be held fully responsible for such manipulative deprivation. It is surprising to know that the Department had followed both the State rules and the MCI rules where the issue of manipulation was given birth today.
The Federation also questions the viability in following two sets of rules on one exercise,” they said.
The student bodies further questioned the popping up of “additional seats” after the declaration of the results, and questioned as to why the department is reluctant to allocate/accommodate those 9 additional seats to the deserving candidates? “Those individuals heading the chairs in the department should dictate on the availed future of the poor and deserving students,” they said.
They further stated that under the direction of the Supreme Court, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has given free hand to conduct its own exam in all the respective states of India, and added that “the department’s claim to adhere to the MCI rules is no doubt a joke…”
The six student bodies appealed to all the ‘backward tribes’ of Nagaland to “join hands in voicing out for your rights least your silence will be misunderstood in the future.” They stated that the poor students’ hailing from ‘backward tribes’ of Nagaland should no way remain a mute spectator on the ongoing issue. ‘We are backward because we are being suppressed and accordingly the state government might be preparing for benefits & privileges of the backward tribes of Nagaland in their vision document 2030,’ they added.
They meanwhile asked the state cabinet to consider the plea of the ENCSU “so as to safeguard the interest of the poor backward students of Nagaland.”
