The result of the UBSI/ASI/ABSI that was declared on 29th October 2011 was another shocker for the people of Pochury yet again. Out of the 9 (nine) recognised Backward Tribes, only Pochury did not figure in the list of the result under BT quota whereas there were certain tribes (Sangtam, Phom, Konyak, Chakhesang) who got 2 posts each. And please take note, we had 3 candidates in the interview round. Even in the same exam of the preceding year too, there was none from our tribe under BT quota. Let’s recall that besides 25% reserved for the 6 tribes of eastern Nagas, Zeliang have 4%, Chakhesang and Pochury 3% each. Now, where is that 3% share of Pochury in the whole scheme of BT quota? We may be backward but not as backward not to understand simple arithmetic calculations.
(Clarification sought from PHQ/DGP Nagaland)
Let us also recall that in the recent NCS/NPS & Allied examination 2010, the Reservation Policy as notified by the Government of Nagaland was deliberately twisted and manipulated to deprive us of our due share. These are only few instances of the discrimination we have been subjected to in any competitive exam. Now I have come to realise that there is absolutely no place for the minorities even in the so-called liberal democratic states. Karl Marx must have foreseen Pochury when he said that the laws of the state exist only for the benefit of the powerful. Yes, the major tribes, both advanced and backwards, decide what and how much we must get (and not according to how much we really need) and also as to what we must accept (and not what is acceptable to us). This ‘big brother’ attitude is evident even in other aspects of social life too.
Through this statement, I would like to make an appeal to the people of Nagaland and also the government. We literally abhor such injustice being meted out to us time and again. Please do not make us feel second-rate Nagas. If you must continue with such discrimination policy to serve your selfish ends, we do not desire to be a part of it. Take us off from the BT category and give our share to some other tribes of your own choice and likings. But be generous enough to provide us with better roads, better educational facilities and well-functioning healthcare systems. We have none of the above, we were the last entrant into the BT category (1994), we are still backward educationally and socially, and politically handicapped; yet we have never been vocal and have never made unrealistic demands on the Government of Nagaland. And this soft nature of our tribe might very well have been read as weakness, timidity and stupidity on our part by the other tribes. But let me make this clear to the Nagas: we believe in tolerance and equally shouldering the problems of the Nagas and Nagaland; neither do we believe in trying to squeeze everything out of the government for every problem of ours. And in this case too, we are not asking for the moon, we only ask of what is ours.
PHQ may kindly be responsive enough and issue a clarification at the earliest.
(Clarification sought from PHQ/DGP Nagaland)
Let us also recall that in the recent NCS/NPS & Allied examination 2010, the Reservation Policy as notified by the Government of Nagaland was deliberately twisted and manipulated to deprive us of our due share. These are only few instances of the discrimination we have been subjected to in any competitive exam. Now I have come to realise that there is absolutely no place for the minorities even in the so-called liberal democratic states. Karl Marx must have foreseen Pochury when he said that the laws of the state exist only for the benefit of the powerful. Yes, the major tribes, both advanced and backwards, decide what and how much we must get (and not according to how much we really need) and also as to what we must accept (and not what is acceptable to us). This ‘big brother’ attitude is evident even in other aspects of social life too.
Through this statement, I would like to make an appeal to the people of Nagaland and also the government. We literally abhor such injustice being meted out to us time and again. Please do not make us feel second-rate Nagas. If you must continue with such discrimination policy to serve your selfish ends, we do not desire to be a part of it. Take us off from the BT category and give our share to some other tribes of your own choice and likings. But be generous enough to provide us with better roads, better educational facilities and well-functioning healthcare systems. We have none of the above, we were the last entrant into the BT category (1994), we are still backward educationally and socially, and politically handicapped; yet we have never been vocal and have never made unrealistic demands on the Government of Nagaland. And this soft nature of our tribe might very well have been read as weakness, timidity and stupidity on our part by the other tribes. But let me make this clear to the Nagas: we believe in tolerance and equally shouldering the problems of the Nagas and Nagaland; neither do we believe in trying to squeeze everything out of the government for every problem of ours. And in this case too, we are not asking for the moon, we only ask of what is ours.
PHQ may kindly be responsive enough and issue a clarification at the earliest.
