Dimapur, Aug. 10 -- A joint meeting of the apex bodies of the five tribes in Nagaland and their youth and student organisations have rejected inclusion of civil society organisation members in the reservation review commission (RRC).
The tribes - Sumi, Ao, Lotha, Angami and Rengma - and the 5 Tribes Committee of Review of Reservation Policy (CoRRP) were part of the panel.
The meeting yesterday reviewed the August 6 decision of the state cabinet on the issue of the Nagaland Reservation Policy for backward tribes of the state in Kohima and unanimously reiterated its opposition to the composition of the RRC that includes members from civil society organisations.
The state cabinet on August 6 constituted a seven-member RRC, which included th...