SHILLONG:
The A.chik Holistic Awakening Movement (AHAM) has said that it will like the status quo of the state’s reservation policy to remain as it is.
In a statement released by the organisation on January 28, the central executive body said that AHAM will stand with the current policy that was agreed upon when the state was carved out for the three dominant tribes.
“We would like to honour our legendary leaders of the state, who collectively decided on the policy in the best interest of the people,” said president George Prince Ch Momin in the statement.
AHAM statement comes in the wake of city student Bari Pyngrope urging the government to review Meghalaya’s reservation policy in jobs to ensure equal distribution among the Khasi, Jaintia and Garo tribes.
Taking a dig at Pyngrope, AHAM termed her “fight” “a political gimmick and a threat to the law and order of the state”. Momin also said that voices such as Pyngrope’s are trying to flare up communalism in the state.
The organisation, through the statement, also raised the issue of setting up the Winter Assembly and the Additional Secretariat in Tura, as agreed upon when Meghalaya was formed.
“We would like to see the present government realise the agreement decided upon 50 years ago with the government of the state functioning six months from Tura and the remaining months from Shillong,” Momin said, adding that the organisation will launch a signature campaign followed by rallies and full-scale agitations in the coming days to pursue the issue.