VPP firm on demand to put on hold all recruitment processes

SHILLONG:

Voice of the People Party (VPP) president and Nongkrem MLA Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit, on May 16, is firmed on carrying out the second phase of agitation on May 17 by holding a sit-in demonstration at the parking lot near Additional Secretariat, demanding all recruitment processes to be put on hold pending a review on the state reservation policy.

While welcoming the step taken by the government to convene an all-party meeting on May 19, Basaiawmoit, however, wanted the government to first put on hold all recruitment processes.

“We will still hold the sit-in because according to the letter submitted to the government earlier,  our stand today was to put on hold recruitment processes, pending the review on the reservation policy,” he said.

Earlier today, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said that political parties can say what they want to but the government has to follow procedure and “that is precisely what the government is doing; procedures will be followed in all aspects.”

Sangma also informed that a cabinet presentation on the issue will be held on May 17 evening, followed by a meeting with all the partners of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) on May 18 and an all-party discussion on May 19.