ANSAM, ATSUM state stand
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Imphal, November 11 2013:
The All Naga Students Association, Manipur (ANSAM) has stated that the government of Manipur notification that recruitment of 898 posts of chowkidar-cum-peon on contract basis for schools under the six Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) in the hills should be subjected to the 200 point roster of the reservation policy of the government of Manipur.
According to the Naga student body, the local self governance system for the tribals is the district councils just as the Panchayati Raj institution is for the valley and the non tribals.
ANSAM said assembly constituencies in the tribal areas are reserved only for tribals.
At the same time, ATSUM President, Emboi Serto has also submitted a memo to the CM urging to withdraw the Govt order of March 17, 2012 and June 12, 2013 .
"There is no 200 point rooster here.
The Outer Manipur parliamentary constituency is reserved for tribals, although marginalised non tribals under 8 assembly constituencies have been included in it.
The Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reform Act, 1960 is not applicable to the tribal areas.
The distinction between and separateness of the tribals and the Manipuris (Meiteis) have always been there even as the government of Manipur and the communal forces that influences its decisions have persistently tried to assimilate and subsume the tribals under the definition of 'Manipur' and 'Manipuri' to deprive the tribals of their due rights," ANSAM stated.
It then said all schools under the district councils are village schools.
Preference have been recognised for inhabitants of the village where the school is established.
There are no non tribal inhabitants in the tribal villages except for few temporary outsider residents.
The question of 200 point rooster does not arise at all except in the stretched imagination of the communal government of Manipur.
The 898 posts are for the tribals alone, ANSAM stated.
"The tribals in the state must be aware that manipulations, interpretations and skilful deceits are the tools of the government of Manipur with which they suck away opportunities and benefits that is due to the tribals.
We must be united in protecting our rights and our future by vigilantly opposing further deprivation of our people," the Naga student body added.