HT Correspondent
DIMAPUR, Oct 5: The Rising Peoples Party (RPP) slammed the Nagaland government for allegedly disregarding the foundational principles of meritocracy and fair play in public service.
Accusing the NDPP-BJP coalition state government of persistent and brazen disregard to meritocracy and fair play, the RPP, in a release, said the recent deeply controversial move to induct non-cadre officers into the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is not merely an administrative misstep but a calculated and treacherous subversion of ‘our governance architecture’.
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It said time and again, the government service associations such as CANSSEA, FONSESA, NSSA, NIDA, and NF&ASA have voiced their resentment, only to be met with an arrogant and dismissive “damn care” attitude from the ruling People’s Democratic Alliance government.
The party stated that this opposition-less government is now operating with an alarming sense of impunity.
“It has cast the rule book into the dustbin, replacing it with a culture of manipulation and favouritism that rewards political patronage over proven competence,” it alleged.
The RPP said it had earlier appealed to the coalition’s conscience to spare the prestigious IAS from such backdoor entries. “Our pleas, like those of the service associations, have been ignored,” it lamented.
According to the party, this opposition-less government is now offering a cascade of problems and misfortunes, calling it the ‘demoralisation of our dedicated civil servants and the devaluation of our administrative fabric’.
Demanding immediate transparency, the RPP said the name of the non-Nagaland Civil Service officers shortlisted for this privileged induction, the process of their original entry into government service — circumventing the Nagaland Public Service Commission — and the identity of their political patrons must be revealed in the public domain.
It said the people of Nagaland have a right to know the ‘architects of this decay’.
The RPP asserted that it stands resolutely with CANSSEA, FONSESA, NSSA, NIDA, and NF&ASA in their fight for integrity.
It also called upon every citizen who believes in justice and good governance to reject this manipulative regime.
“Together, we shall restore a merit-based system, free from corrupt practices, and return power to the people, where it rightfully belongs,” the party added.
