Dimapur, July 8 -- The Nagaland government on Tuesday appealed to the 5 Tribes Committee on Review of Reservation Policy (CoRRP) to refrain from proceeding with the proposed agitation on July 9, reiterating its commitment to addressing their demand through proper institutional mechanisms.

The committee has been demanding 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.

The state government, through the chief secretary's office, issued a statement in response to the proposed sit-in protest by the CoRRP, scheduled to ...