NSUI slams Nagaland government for "lethargic attitude" towards assistant professors' regularisation

• DIMAPUR — The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) Nagaland has criticised what it stated was the state government's "lethargic attitude" towards the ongoing protests regarding the regularisation of 147 assistant professors within the department of Higher Education.
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• In a press statement released on Wednesday, the Nagaland unit of NSUI asserted that the Cabinet decision on April 21 to put the absorption of the 147 assistant professors on hold was in "blatant disregard" for the legitimate demands of thousands of students currently protesting.

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• “The NSUI Nagaland unequivocally demands that the Cabinet rescind this regressive decision. We call for the dissolution of the committee formed in this regard and issue a notification explicitly stating the revocation of order No. HTE/HE/13-3/2020(pt-1) dated 17th December, 2024.
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• “The NSUI Nagaland also implores the chief minister to immediately sack the minister in charge, Mr. Temjen Imna Along, and replace him with someone who is more sensible, responsible and educated and who is genuinely serious and sufficiently qualified to handle the department,” the statement read.