The recent with holding of the extremely biased SRD by the state govt is a huge welcome step and will go a long way in teaching the Govt from making any hasty and frivolous so called equality recruitment drives in future. As a matter of fact, the 12 EAC posts that were withdrawn ostensibly to accommodate SRD must now be requisitioned to the NPSC for open competitive exam immediately. Kudos to the Ao, Sumi and Kyong student unions for actually taking their agitation to the next level by way of peaceful boycotting of the administration.
Am glad that this show of unity to fight for a just cause has prevented the biased govt from conducting such exam at the expense of merit. I’m an aspirant myself and I strongly believe that to achieve the best u’ve got to work hard and burn countless midnight candles to get success in life and only a thoroughly fair competition can help one to stay motivated and not lose faith in the system per se. There has been numerous articles printed in the local papers for and against the SRD and rightly so. This shows the pro-activeness of the Naga public in dealing with sensitive issues like the one confronting us at this point in time, after all participatory democracy is a prerequisite for a vibrant and healthy society.
Whilst am sort of ambivalent as regards to the quota within a quota system, I can’t help but to state that reservation up to a certain limit is fine but to go over-board is unhealthy because merit, the most important factor, ultimately gets perilously compromised. Certain sections of our society have been enjoying this archaic reservation policy for a very very long time now, I wonder for how long they will remain backward. India has gone from being an almost bankrupt country (1991) to a multi-trillion dollar economy in just 2 decades (our quota system goes back to more than 2 decades). This goes to show that everything is possible if we give our mind and soul to what we want to achieve.
The same goes out to all the so called backward tribes to come out of their closet, shed all inhibitions and stop cribbing about your rights/jobs being usurped by the so called advanced tribes and face the ever demanding competitive world, only then you will know how hard it is to crack exams when one is in the general category, so in more than one ways our agitation against the SRD is justified. Sure, they can rightfully fight for their cause/grievances if they feel that they have been taken for a ride, but may be its also about time to actually look at themselves and broadly introspect why they are still categorised as backward even after 5 decades of statehood. And if you do so I assure you my dear so called backward brethrens that enlightenment is not so far away. Putting the blame on others is surely not the right way to correct an aberration.
Recently some writers in the local papers have been unreasonably calling the four so called advanced tribes as being selfish which I feel is totally unfair. Nobody said anything when the govt arbitrarily increased the quota from 33% to 37%. Some writers have even gone to the extend of sarcastically noting how the so called advanced tribes will be the first ones to line up in case the govt of India decides to conduct SRD for IAS exams. Well sarcasm based on hypothetical situation is utterly foolish. A lot of comparisons have also been made as to how there are so many EACs and DSPs from the Ao, Lotha, Sumi and Angami communities in relation to other tribes, one must not forget that these four tribes are placed in the general category which is open to all including the BTs and hence not liable for any cheap blame. And in case somebody is totally oblivious about the rule, selection from the general category is purely based on merit and nothing else, so how many EACs a particular tribe may have is not an issue of debate at all. If working hard and successfully getting through on merit is selfish then so be it.
This is the right time for the govt to make radical changes and bring about rationality in govt. recruitments so that only the deserving gets a fair representation. We all know some sections are not backward anymore. Needless to name them. Time to call a spade a spade.
Am glad that this show of unity to fight for a just cause has prevented the biased govt from conducting such exam at the expense of merit. I’m an aspirant myself and I strongly believe that to achieve the best u’ve got to work hard and burn countless midnight candles to get success in life and only a thoroughly fair competition can help one to stay motivated and not lose faith in the system per se. There has been numerous articles printed in the local papers for and against the SRD and rightly so. This shows the pro-activeness of the Naga public in dealing with sensitive issues like the one confronting us at this point in time, after all participatory democracy is a prerequisite for a vibrant and healthy society.
Whilst am sort of ambivalent as regards to the quota within a quota system, I can’t help but to state that reservation up to a certain limit is fine but to go over-board is unhealthy because merit, the most important factor, ultimately gets perilously compromised. Certain sections of our society have been enjoying this archaic reservation policy for a very very long time now, I wonder for how long they will remain backward. India has gone from being an almost bankrupt country (1991) to a multi-trillion dollar economy in just 2 decades (our quota system goes back to more than 2 decades). This goes to show that everything is possible if we give our mind and soul to what we want to achieve.
The same goes out to all the so called backward tribes to come out of their closet, shed all inhibitions and stop cribbing about your rights/jobs being usurped by the so called advanced tribes and face the ever demanding competitive world, only then you will know how hard it is to crack exams when one is in the general category, so in more than one ways our agitation against the SRD is justified. Sure, they can rightfully fight for their cause/grievances if they feel that they have been taken for a ride, but may be its also about time to actually look at themselves and broadly introspect why they are still categorised as backward even after 5 decades of statehood. And if you do so I assure you my dear so called backward brethrens that enlightenment is not so far away. Putting the blame on others is surely not the right way to correct an aberration.
Recently some writers in the local papers have been unreasonably calling the four so called advanced tribes as being selfish which I feel is totally unfair. Nobody said anything when the govt arbitrarily increased the quota from 33% to 37%. Some writers have even gone to the extend of sarcastically noting how the so called advanced tribes will be the first ones to line up in case the govt of India decides to conduct SRD for IAS exams. Well sarcasm based on hypothetical situation is utterly foolish. A lot of comparisons have also been made as to how there are so many EACs and DSPs from the Ao, Lotha, Sumi and Angami communities in relation to other tribes, one must not forget that these four tribes are placed in the general category which is open to all including the BTs and hence not liable for any cheap blame. And in case somebody is totally oblivious about the rule, selection from the general category is purely based on merit and nothing else, so how many EACs a particular tribe may have is not an issue of debate at all. If working hard and successfully getting through on merit is selfish then so be it.
This is the right time for the govt to make radical changes and bring about rationality in govt. recruitments so that only the deserving gets a fair representation. We all know some sections are not backward anymore. Needless to name them. Time to call a spade a spade.
