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Kohima, Nov. 18 (EMN): The Eastern Naga Students’ Federation (ENSF) on Wednesday served a seven-day ultimatum to the state government, starting from November 18, to fulfil its demand in connection with the Nagaland Staff Selection Board (NSSB), failing which it warned to take up any form of democratic indefinite agitation.
In a press conference called on Wednesday, ENSF president Sepili L Sangtam stated that the eastern Nagas have been suppressed and deprived in all aspects since statehood despite equal sacrifice and contributions.
The federation reiterated its representation addressed to the chief minister of Nagaland on September 11, rejecting the present form of NSSB Regulation, 2020, and another one on October 26 in regard to non-implementation of Personnel and Administrative Reforms by the Nagaland Public Service Commission.
Sangtam maintained that the ENSF had submitted a six-charter demand on NSSB regulation 2020, which it had rejected ‘in toto’, and added that “due to the lukewarm attitude of the state government, the Federation is compelled to serve this seven-day ultimatum in the interest of Employment Justice and Equality”.
He claimed that the federation had detected through an RTI about many irregularities in implementation of government notifications of 2008, 2011 and 2015 by the NPSC, stating that eastern Nagas were denied 78.25 posts in the Combined Technical Services, 36.50 posts in Combined Education Services and 25 posts in NCS, NPS, NSS, and allied services.
He went on to warn that the ENSF, along with its federating units, will be take up any form of democratic indefinite agitation till its demands are fulfilled and ‘the state government will be solely held responsible for any untoward incident’ in the event of its failure to address their ‘genuine and legitimate demand’.