Newly formed tribal committee throws slashing criticism to AMSU over appointment of Jt. Director at TRI

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Imphal, Nov 28: A newly formed committee called Joint Co-Ordination committee of Tribal Organizations (JCCTO), Manipur comprising of All Tribal Chief Forum, Manipur (ATCFM), All Tribal Rights Protection  Forum, Manipur (ATRPFM), Federation of All Tribal Youth Club, Manipur (FATYCM), All Manipur Tribal Union (AMTU), All Tribal Youth Council (TYCM), All Tribal Disable Union, Manipur (ATDUM), Zeliangrong Baudi (AM & N), Zelianglong Student Union, Manipur (ZSUM) strongly reacted to the All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU) over its interference to Tribal Affairs and Hill Dept.
In a press statement released in the name A Asing, convenor and James Haokip, General Secretary of the organisation the newly formed committee throws slashing criticism to AMSU for spreading false propaganda over the appointment of deputy director in TRI. The statement said that the said post has been already kept in abeyance by a letter of the government dated 4th Dec., 2014.
“In continuation with the earlier said decision, now the matter has been settled by a Government’s Orders of 1st August 2017 wherein the Government had stated clearly that it would not accept the recommendation made by MPSC because the Government had asked MPSC to keep the recruitment process in abeyance as the Govt. had some issues to resolve by the letter of 4th Dec., 2014’, the statement said.
While terming the demand for appointment of the post as confusing, the committee said that no tribal candidate has been filled to the said post.
The committee warn AMSU of infringing in the tribal affairs saying that the Committee is ready to face any outcome.
Joint Co-Ordination committee of Tribal Organizations (JCCTO) also reacted to the press statement of AMSU in the matter of Joint Director, TRI, terming it as illogical and irrelevant press statement.
The statement further said that the Tribal Affairs and Hills department advertised for the post of Joint Director in two local dailies after getting approval from the cabinet on 6th September, 2016. As per the advertisement in local dailies DPC was held and one tribal candidate was appointed. It was an unreserved post and done through open advertisement and any person could have applied for it.
The statement added that the JCCTO strongly condemned the allegations of AMSU for stating that the appointed Jt. Director is incompetent.
“AMSU is not the authority in this matter as AMSU is not the appointing authority”, the statement said.
“The appointed Jt. Director was appointed as he fulfilled all the eligibility criteria led down in the R/R which was advertised in the Imphal Free Press on 16/11/2016 and Imphal times on 15/11/2016 respectively. The said advertised minimum qualification of R/Rs which was approved by the Cabinet on 6th Sept., 2016 says that the candidate must possessed:  (1). 2nd Class Master’s Degree, (2) Ph. d degree in Sociology/History/Political Science/Anthropology (3) 5 years administrative or research or teaching in Govt. or semi Govt. organizations and (4) Desirable: Knowledge of Manipuri/Hindi and One Tribal Dialect. Therefore, AMSU’s unreasonable press statement in this matter is biased and misleading.
“The appointed Jt. Director (TRI) not only fulfilled the 4 (four) laid down eligibility qualifications as per the R/R as stated above but he possessed 1st class M.A from Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi  with more than 10 years of experience in administration, research and teaching in Central University,” it added.