IANS
IMPHAL, FEBRUARY 14
Students have threatened to boycott a selection test and force the Manipur Public Service Commission to shut office to protest the way candidates from other states were allowed to register for 82 government jobs.
“In practical terms it means that the candidates from the educationally advanced states can grab all the 82 vacancies in Manipur,” Jayanta Khuman, the convener of the Joint Students’ Coordination Committee (JSCC), said.
The Manipur Public Service Commission had invited online applications for 82 state government posts for which the written test is to be held on February 28. On Saturday, the students met Education Minister Moirangthem Okendra to seek his intervention. The minister assured them that he will look into the matter and take up remedial measures.
Khuman said, “Over 17,000 candidates out of 35,000 applications are from other states. There is no safeguard for the local candidates, unlike those in other northeastern states.”
In Nagaland 80 percent of the jobs are reserved for the local candidates. In Mizoram, an eligible candidate must have a working knowledge of the Mizo language.
Since the candidates from outside Manipur do not speak or write the local language, there will be a gap in communication in the administration, he argued.
The situation in Manipur reflected “the statMeanwhile, opposition legislator I. Ibohanbi said on Sunday that the commission must modify its norms to restrict people from other states applying for jobs in Manipur.
