IMPHAL October 8: Tangkhul Naga Gazette Officer`s Welfare Association (TNGOWA) has sounded resentment over the recent appointment of Chief Secretary of Manipur terming it as highly irrational for sidelining deserving senior officials.
TNGOWA in a press meet held at UDWJA office stated that sidelining senior officers is very demoralizing conduct and appeal for immediate rectification from the government.
Manipur government has recently appointed O.Nabakishore, a 1984 batch IAS officer bypassing Ameising Luikham, the senior most IAS officer in Manipur, the association said.
TNGOWA questioned why Ameising Luikham who is a 1981 MT cadre IAS officer was disqualified as the Chief Secretary of Manipur.
`We consider this as another systematic discrimination and exploitation of the tribal officers in particular and the tribal people in general` stated TNGOWA officials.
We have nothing against O.Nabakishore but deprivation of the deserving rights and privileges of Ameising Luikham, a tribal from Ukhrul, by the State government as the Chief Secretary is highly irrational and provocative, the members said.
If such systematic exploitation is practice even at the top post what will be the fate of lower level officials, lamentsed TNGOWA.
TNGOWA also questioned the uprightness of the people`s representative for not standing for the rights of the people they represented.
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