A meeting of the reconstituted committee on roster and job reservation policy held here today had different opinions on the demand for formation of an expert committee to review the reservation policy.
The meeting which was attended by members from various political parties was chaired by committee chairperson Ampareen Lyngdoh. The meeting lasted for over three hours.
The minutes of today’s meeting and deliberations including suggestions for formation of an expert committee will be sent to the State government for its approval.
Speaking to media persons, Lyngdoh informed that a vibrant discussion was held at the meeting and different political parties had different opinions.
Lyngdoh however said that not all political parties are in agreement to have an expert committee.
“There are political parties who agree and there are political parties who do not agree,” she said.
According to her, some political parties have suggested that the status quo should be maintained on the reservation policy.
Lyngdoh further mentioned that political parties gave their suggestions on the reservation policy.
“There is one thought which says form a committee of experts with legal background, constitutional background and also with economical background and somebody from the economics department that would look at data and also look at evaluation of population. So there was a mixed suggestion here,” she said.
In the meantime, Lyngdoh requested all political parties to go back to their respective parties with those discussions and suggestions.
“We have requested all parties to prepare their suggestions, cancellations, deletions with substantial legal footing. We can suggest all we want but we need to also make sure that we clear the legal scrutiny and that there will be no obstruction or scrutiny that will result negatively for the government,” she added.
Lyngdoh said that the meeting decided to give the political parties 15 days to come out with their suggestions. She also said that the next meeting is expected to be held three weeks from today.
Meanwhile, the information provided by Lyngdoh seemed to differ from what the VPP had informed.
According to VPP general secretary Dr. Ricky Syngkon, during the meeting, all political parties unanimously agreed to pass a resolution to urge the State government to constitute an expert committee on reservation policy.
