Overview

• The Five Tribes Committee on Review Reservation Policy announced the shutdown after a meeting with apex bodies of the Angami, Ao, Lotha, Rengma and Sema tribes in Kohima.
• Convener Tesinlo Semy said the state has 10 days to form the commission or face a complete shutdown beginning October 1.
• Member secretary G K Zhimomi noted the cabinet agreed in principle on June 12 to create the panel, calling out roughly 100 days without formation.
• The committee opposes including civil-society nominees in the commission, saying it would undermine impartiality.
• The campaign seeks a full review of a reservation framework in place since 1977 that expanded from an initial 25% to 37% for backward tribes.