Shillong, May 09: The conglomeration of Pressure groups and social organisation along with traditional heads from Jaintia Hills District today submitted memorandum to the Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sniawbhlang Dhar urged the Government to review the outdated State Reservation Police of 1972.
The JCCRP comprises of the Synjuk Waheh Chnong Ri Jaintia ,Synjuk Waheh Chnong Jowai and conglomeration of pressure groups based Jaintia Hills that is Jaintia Students’ Union (JSU),Jaintia Youth Federation (JYF) ,Jaintia Students’ Movement (JSM) and East Jaintia National Council (EJNC) to set forth the general welfare of the people of Jaintia Hills.
The members of the JCCRP had organised a joint meeting held in Jowai on the 12th April 2023 to discuss with regard to the State Reservation Policy. The JCCRP have come up with a consensus and decisions to request and strongly demand from the present state Government not to initiate the Reservation Roster since the time the Reservation Policy came into effect.
The JCCRP suggest, the state Government to kindly review and revamp this outdated State Reservation Policy 1972 as so however now with the growing number of population and educated youths in the state the reservation policy seems more like a discrimination and bias against some tribes.
In fact our Garo brothers are somehow doing well with their 40% share of the State Reservation Policy whereas we the Khasi and Jaintia have to compete among ourselves with deficient in amount of 40% share and it’s high time for the Government to begin and carry out to review the outdated reservation policy so that it be fitted all the three tribes.
The memorandum was sign by the President Mr. Arminius C Lipon and Secretary Mr. Bishar Shylla of the Synjuk Waheh Chnong Ri Jaintia, the deligation met the Deputy Chief Minsiter in his office chamber in Secretariat Shillong.
