Whose idea was it that the state conducted teacher’s eligibility test. Will all the successful candidates become Government teachers? Our reckoning is no matter whether you passed the test or not you will never become a Government teacher unless you can manage a few lakhs of rupees to smoothen the process of appointment. Now hill based organisations have protested against the conduct of the test in Imphal only. If HSLC examinations and higher secondary level examinations can be conducted in all the hill districts of the state why not TET. What is required is coordination. Unnecessarily a crisis has been created. Now Manipur will be witnessing irresponsibly called indefinite economic blockade. The word economic blockade throws our mind out of gear. Supreme Court had given directive to the Union Government to clear within 24 hours of its beginning all forms of economic blockade on the national highway. The attempt to clear economic blockade on the national highways called by tribal bodies will however leave disastrous consequences. Therefore the best solution lies in convincing these organisations about the futility of resorting to agitation of this nature on the national highway. Manipur is yet to make up the losses caused by the prolonged blockade imposed earlier. We have not been able to collect the allotted quota of gas and other consumable items. Addition of one more economic blockade in the very near future will simply increase the burden of the people of the state. Government policies cannot be changed frequently. But a protest having come up the change may take place. Who knows TET may be scrapped forever until the concerned department is in a position to conduct the test in all the hill districts of the state. Keeping in the mind the problems caused by the indefinite economic blockade to the common masses the organisations which are contemplating to resort to the extreme form of agitation, which cause suffocation have been appealed to see other way available to get their demands. Service of the elected leaders can be utilised in pressing their demands. If they open their mouth surely the Government will hear. BJP, TC and other political parties wage war against the Government of India on FDI and diesel price hike issue. What happen here in Manipur is that civil organisations not political parties take up the cudgels whenever controversial issues appear. It seems the blockade organisers are hell bent on seeing that the Government changes its policy. What will the Government of Manipur do now? Our sensible advice is do not confront with tribal bodies. They need protection. They need to be safeguarded. Remember Manipur will become a prosperous state only when the people living in far flung areas are happy. Therefore steps should be taken to ensure that all people living in the state irrespective of their place enjoy the benefit of development. If the journey, fooding and lodging of the candidates participating in the eligibility test are compensated will they agree with the idea of conducting of the test in Imphal only? If they do not agree there is no alternative other than scrapping the test. The concerned department cannot insist inability of conducting such test at the hill districts of the state.
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