Political parties meet recommends Expert Committee for reviewing Meghalaya State Reservation Policy 1972

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMay 31, 2023

The first sitting of the reconstituted Committee of All Political Parties on Wednesday resolved to recommend to MDA Government for the constitution of an Expert Committee to review the Meghalaya State Reservation Policy 1972.

The Committee of All Political Parties was reconstituted on Tuesday to discuss on the issue of Reservation Policy as demanded by the Voice of People Party (VPP), which was initially constituted for discussing on the Reservation Roster.

Addressing media persons after the meeting, chairperson of the committee and Law Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh said that the committee finally agreed on the need for revision of the Reservation Policy and will write to the Govt to constitute the Expert Committee to review the said Policy, which is 51 years old.

She disclosed that not all political parties are in agreement to have an expert committee but they will do their job by sending the minutes to the government that these were discussed in the meeting.

Lyngdoh said that different political parties have their different opinions on the issue of the job reservation policy.

“Some have asked for status quo, some have said review on these, these points but all those presentations were made verbally. Now, we cannot make a verbal presentation in front of the committee and expect the committee to understand what you mean by that,” she said.

The chairperson has also requested all political parties to submit their written suggestions on the matter within a period of 15 days.

“We have requested all political parties to prepare their suggestions, omissions, cancellations, deletions with substantial legal footing as we can always suggest whatever we want but we need to also make sure that we clear the legal scrutiny as the state political parties are mandated to review with condition that there will be no obstruction or scrutiny that will result negatively for the government,” she said.

The chairperson also informed that the two political parties, who did not participate in the first meeting of the committee and were not privy to the discussion on the roster system, will be again meeting with the officers to satisfy their understanding of a proposed roster system.

Meanwhile, the committee is proposing to meet again after three weeks.