Dimapur, May 29 -- Hundreds of people from five Naga tribes in Nagaland, under the banner of the 5 Tribes Committee on Review of Reservation Policy (CoRRP), on Thursday took out rallies, the first phase of their agitation, in five district headquarters of Dimapur, Kohima, Mokokchung, Tseminyu and Wokha in protest against the state government's alleged failure to address their demands concerning the Nagaland job reservation policy.

The protesters demanded that the 48 years of indefinite job quota for seven backward tribes in Nagaland, introduced in 1977 with an initial duration of 10 years, either be scrapped or the remaining unreserved quota be reserved exclusively for the five tribes of Sumi, Ao, Lotha, Angami and Rengma.

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