Shillong, Feb 2: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday warned of a larger ramification that may arise out of the issue related to the state reservation policy. He said most of the political leaders and the larger sections of the society are aware about those issues.
“Therefore, this may not be the appropriate time to discuss that as it may have larger ramifications for the society and for the tribal of our state as a whole,” Sangma told journalists.
He was reacting to a query about the growing demand for the immediate review of the state reservation policy.
Sangma said that the government has been discussing the issue with everybody but it is just not the appropriate time to discuss it.
Stating that the issue is very complicated, the chief minister reiterated that “this has got larger repercussions in the larger national scenario.”
“Therefore, at this point in time, it would not be appropriate for the government to look into that aspect as it would impact the state and its people in a large way. Therefore, we have not gone into the details of that,” he stated.
The issue was one among the five demands put forth by KHNAM legislator from North Shillong Adelbert Nongrum during his recently concluded five-day sit-in-demonstration held in the city. This was followed by a signature campaign organized by an agriculture student to pressurize the government to review the policy alleging it to be “outdated”.
