SHILLONG, APR 17: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Monday said a meeting to discuss the implementation of the roster system will be held within this week.
“Within this week itself, we will be having an internal meeting of the government and it will take some time for us to go through all the documentations, papers, court orders, the proper interpretation and all that,” Sangma told reporters.
He informed that after discussion takes place at the government level, the same will be expanded to political parties and stakeholders.
“After taking everybody on board then we will figure out on how we should move forward,” Sangma added.
Stating that the issue is very sensitive, the chief minister said, “We have to look at all the aspects, we have to look at the court orders and the different issues that are there. Once we look at all of that and once we consult with all the stakeholders then we will make an appropriate decision.”
On the demand made by the VPP for reviewing the state reservation policy, the chief minister said, “Everybody has their own opinions. We have nothing to say about the opinions they have as it is a democratic process so obviously in democracy everybody’s voice is important. Therefore, if a political party is talking about this then they have the right to talk about it but ultimately we have to take all stakeholders on board and then we have to decide what is in the best interest and we will see as the team goes forward we will sit down, we will get the facts correct, we will get all the points out, all the issues out, we will discuss it threadbare and then we will decide on how to move forward.”
He also referred to Karnataka, which has also witnessed a similar situation arising out of the job reservation issue during the elections and said, “It is a natural thing. It is not something one can say it doesn’t happen anywhere. It happens everywhere and it is natural but what is important is we need to come together. We need to figure out how we could move forward what would be in the best interest of the state and the people and decide on how we can move forward so that is how we should do it.”
With regards to the demand for winter capital at Tura, Sangma said, “I have always believed and I have always been very clear in my mind that all these social issues that we are seeing are all related to economic development. Therefore, there are many ways to get economic development and people feel in certain regions that having a winter capital or others will allow economic development and policy making to come in.”
“Therefore, these demands have been there. Government has been very clear in its policy that we have been very development oriented and we have been working in ensuring that we are able to push the private sector into entrepreneurship – so we are hopeful these aspects will allow us to move towards the ultimate objective of having overall development in the state,” he added.
By Our Reporter
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