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Shillong, it was his life’s first travel beyond his home. He, along with selected National Service Scheme volunteers from Meghalaya, traveled more than 2600 kilometers to Sriperumpudur in Tamil Nadu to be amidst 400 other young brigades at the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth
Development (RGNIYD).
56 hours of journey from the chilly environs of his hillocky hamlet in Meghalaya to the tropical environs of Sriperumbudur – it was a traverse worth venturing for Wanterki. “Here I have come across many youngsters of my age group…they are from different states of India with varied cultural background…and I am excited and enjoying being amidst them”, he said. The institute, at Sriperumpudur turned a mini young India as the volunteers converged there to attend the 12-day-long mega summer camp.
The camp, conceived under the 100-day agenda of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, was jointly organized by NSS and Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development at Sriperumpudur. Dr.M.S. Gill, Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports avowed his Ministry’s youth-centric vision when he said at the inauguration that while west and rest of Asia would be graying, India would continue to be young for the next three decades given its youthful population and hence there is need for building leadership qualities in young generation.
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It was this challenge that
NSS and
RGNIYD took on with true spirit. Shri G. Rajasekaran, Director of RGNIYD, said that the mega NSS summer camp, first such one in the country, was aimed at sensitising the young minds on the issues and situations that our country is currently facing. “We are attempting to sensitize and equip them to take on the challenges. We provided multi-lingual environment to the volunteers and brought in specialists drawn from various parts of the country to guide them.”
Overall personality development with a clear focus on developing voluntarism was the focus during the first week of the camp, which was devised into three major input divisions. The first one was on imparting the knowledge. Six different classes on six different topics – Environment, voluntarism, citizenship, Rural Development, Adolescent and Career Development, and Employability were devised for this, Dr. A. Radhakrishnan, co-ordinator and Faculty Head of RGNIYD said.
The second input division was orientation to Indian culture. In this, prominent performing artistes led the way by lectures and live demonstrations.
Giving orientation on physical exercise, yoga and meditation was the third input during the camp period.
One week of camp life at RGNIYD was followed by a five day long educational tour aimed at exposing the volunteers to the essence of wide spectrum of Indian identity. The volunteers traveled from Sriperumpudur to Tiruchirappally, Madurai, Coimbatore, Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram. The highpoint of the crisscross by more than 400 volunteers through two different routes – one through Coimbatore and Cochin and other through Madurai and Thiruvananthapuram – was their congregation at Gandhi Mandapam at Kanyakumari where they took a pledge that eloquently expressed their resolve to strive for a better tomorrow and better India.
The Pledge
“We the youth of this country with nerves of steel, muscles of iron and minds like thunder bolt resolve ourselves to transform our motherland into a developed
nation by participating in all process of development. We further resolve to strive for national integrity and unity and promote secularism, pluralism, democratic values and responsible citizenship. We pledge to devote our heart and soul to one principal duty – the duty of raising the masses of India, awakening them and uniting them”
For the volunteers that attended the camp, it was an event that helped shape their minds and thoughts. Few volunteers like Biakhmingthanga, an 18 year old plus two student from Aizawl, said they were fairly apprehensive in the beginning. He was venturing into a part of India that was unfamiliar, a part of culture that he wasn’t quite aware of. “But my apprehensions lasted only for few minutes of my arrival at the Institute in Sriperumbudur”, he said. “Such was the warmth and inclusiveness that I encountered at the camp”, Biakhmingthanga said.
“The biggest realization that I had during the camp was the role that the youth can play in improving the society, the process that begins by correcting oneself”, said Narinder Singh Saini a third year degree student from Chandigarh.
While Ramyaraj, a degree student from Punalur in
Kerala, was quite excited to have, for the first time in her life, met her peers from the north eastern region, for Shilpa Gupta, from
Jammu, the camp was nothing less than own home. But she certainly had a grievance – the food. ‘Of course we are served north-Indian dishes like rajma dal but it had south Indian flavour’, she said with a bit of regret.
However those who devised the camp need not regret. Bringing together more than 400 young minds to a single platform and making them understand and appreciate each other-a momentous task successfully carried out.
Rajma dal with Sambar flavour … perhaps that symbolises the essence of Indianness!
GUWAHATI, July 30 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has assured Assam College Teachers’ Association that teachers would be paid salaries in the revised scale of the University Grants Commission.
In an official statement, the ACTA stated that the Chief Minister’s assurance came during a meet held at his official residence yesterday, in which Gogoi informed them of the development. It may be mentioned that the ACTA had been demanding UGC revised scale to be effective from 2006.
Moreover, Gogoi expressed his desire to implement the rules and regulations regarding the Assam College Provincialisation Rules.
Responding to another demand of the ACTA, the Chief Minister said that he would consider the issue of keeping teachers who had joined earlier than January 13 outside the purview of NET and SLET.
Imphal, July 29: Manipur University Tribal Students' Union (MUTSU) has entreated the President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil to take up necessary action for implementation of 31% reservation for scheduled tribes in all matters of admission and the same percentage to appointments of non-teaching staff in Manipur University (MU) under a special consideration until the proposed Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU) in Manipur is established.
In a representation submitted to the President of India, MUTSU stated that MU had been following the reservation policy of the government of Manipur while it was a state university keeping 31% and 2% of seats reserved for scheduled tribes (ST) and scheduled castes (SC) respectively in appointment of non-teaching staff and admission of students in various courses.
However, the representation of MUTSU continued, for reasons undisclosed to the public, the MU authorities had taken its sudden unilateral decision to switch over to central government reservation policy from the Manipur state government reservation policy which might have been reaction of the MU authorities against MUTSU and All Tribal Students' Union, Manipur (ATSUM) who launched intense movements for implementation of 34% reservation of seats for STs in all levels of appointment in MU and subsequent agreements reached between state government and central government for establishment of IGNTU in Manipur, which is yet to be translated into action.
Manipur cabinet in its meeting held on August 19, 2008 had decided to request the government of India for amendment of the central reservation policy in regard to MU to strictly adhere to the state reservation policy, i.e., 31% for ST, 2% for SC and 17% for OBC as a special case, as all the universities of the north eastern region, such as, Nagaland University, Mizoram University, Rajiv Gandhi University (Arunachal Predesh), and North Eastern Hill University, followed their respective reservation policy in matter of appointment to non-teaching staff and admission to various courses, the representation of MUTSU pointed out.
If regional adjustment can be done in case of other universities of the north eastern region, why should not there be the same adjustment made in the MU which is located in the same region and where there is a sizeable tribal population (34.2%) in the state, MUTSU claimed.
Churachandpur, July 23 : Despite the hue and cry over PDS supplies ever since signs of Mautam made its appearance in the district, Churachandpur District Students Union (CDSU) said it was deeply annoyed by the complications that the agents have to face in lifting PDS rice from the FCI godown at Sangaiprou.
Accompanying local agents while lifting the district quota of rice yesterday, the student leaders said, they were dejected over the restrictions imposed by various groups despite the hardship that the masses had bumped upon in recent times.
"What is the purpose of a Government if it can not ensure proper delivery of food items to the people who needed most? We do not want to get ourselves involved in essential items from the FCI godown and the rhetoric there on, but what option do we have if the Government fails", CDSU President K Doukhum asked.
The student leaders personally went to the godown today so as to ensure that no interference from any quarter hampers the lifting efforts.
Besides, security escorts accompanied them as earlier attempts by the agents always landed in uninvited dilemmas.
Today's attempt to lift PDS rice, according to the accompanying student leaders was partially delayed as coolies and other officials made a sudden and hasty retreat, but the police and student leaders managed to influence a resumption of normal activities.
They, at the end of the day managed to oversee that 2500 quintals of rice were lifted for the district, but not without a stringent security escort.
Except for Sangaikot, Henglep and Saikot, the rice lifted today were meant for July quotas.
It was June quotas for the three.
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| Children take part in a drawing competition at Angelics High School in Guwahati on Sunday. Picture by Eastern Projections |
Robotics umlimited
The recently concluded workshop on robotics at the NETES Institute of Technology and Science (NITS), Mirza was intended as an introduction to the practical side of engineering through the use of robotics as a teaching mechanism.
NETES, or Northeast Technological Society, is a group supported by the All-India Council for Technical Education.
The monthlong workshop was conducted from June 15 by people with extensive experience in robotics and embedded design. The students were chosen on merit and came from most of the prominent local colleges and especially from engineering colleges.
The first phase of the workshop focused primarily on basic electronics, since the participants’ collective knowledge in this area was quite weak. Rather than teach them theory, the authorities got the participants to “learn by doing”. Each of them made an ultrasonic range finder. The first phase ended with the participants gaining excellent functional knowledge of basic electronics design implements.
The second phase of the workshop covered the use of micro-controllers in robotics. A part of the time was spent understanding how to manipulate this complex device. To facilitate rapid testing, the participants made development boards with the micro-controllers and since these were tailored to specific needs, they were better than any other tool.
The workshop ended with the successful completion of all the projects.
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| Volunteers attend the training programme |
Literary drill
The training programme was held at District Institute of Elementary Training (Diet) at Golokganj, Dhubri Jawahar Hindi High School and Dhubri open-air theatre complex at children’s park.
These trained community volunteers will serve in single teacher schools for the benefit of slow learners, beginning this summer vacation till March 2010.
CHIT CHAT
The North East Regional Centre of Indian Council of Historical Research organised a lecture on Same Images/Different Interpretations: Samuel Perrine’s Visual Presentation of the Nagas in the department of biotechnology, Gauhati University, on July 17.
Geraldine Forbes, a distinguished professor from the history department of State University of New York, delivered the lecture.
Her presentation dealt with the account and photographs of Samuel Alden Perrine, a Baptist missionary in Nagaland from 1892-1906.
New Delhi: Shifting from its earlier stand, the government on Tuesday indicated that it may allow the IITs and IIMs to open campuses in foreign countries.
Minister of State for Human Resource Development D Purandeswari told the Rajya Sabha that government would be open to idea of allowing the IITs and IIMs to set up campuses in foreign countries once they improve their faculty positions.
The government had earlier turned down a proposal of IIM Bangalore to open a campus in Singapore. The HRD Ministry did not agree to the proposal saying that the Memorandum of Association of IIM, Bangalore, does not empower the institute to open campuses abroad.
The minister today said it may not be immediately feasible for the IITs and IIMs to open campuses abroad as they are facing faculty shortages and have to undertake 54 per cent expansion in their intake to implement OBC quota.
Setting of campuses abroad may further strain the IITs' limited manpower and other resources, Purandeswari said in a written reply.
She said various MOAs of the IIMs will need to be amended because these MOAs do not empower them to open campuses abroad.
Replying to a separate question, the minister said the government has received suggestions that while increasing the overall number of seats by 54 per cent in IITs, increase in number of seats in individual disciplines may not be insisted upon.
It may be decided by taking into account the popularity, demand and importance of the disciplines.
The suggestions are under consideration of Ministry of Law and Justice, Purandeswari said.
By S Singlianmang Guite
Churachandpur, Jul 21 : With bandh volunteers unwilling to lend leniency even to nurses and other essential services including pharmacies, the twenty-four-hour general strike imposed by Zomi Students' Federation on Monday literally brought normal life here to a stand-still.
Life size effigies/photos of Chief Minister O Ibobi and Works Minister K Ranjit were set aflame later in the day, as the bandh enforced rigidly within the proper township ended without any violence. As the ZSF had made a prior announcement that even essential services will not be exempted during their strike, people and vehicles opted to stay out of the streets.
Today's bandh call was part of the ongoing agitation which the federation said was initiated for immediate handing over of Guite Road construction to BRO and revocation of the State Govt's decision to deploy IRB/Police Commandos in hill districts. The federation has already declared a public boycott on Works Minister K Ranjit and construction works undertaken by PWD in the district have already been halted.
Except for the police patrol parties and a handful of media personnel there were no vehicular movement on sight. The bandh impacts however trims down in some adjoining villages as shops are seen throwing their doors open to the public. Heralding their cause before the public, ZSF head- quarters had alleged that they have so far failed to receive any apology in any form from the Works Minister K Ranjit or from the state government, over the minister remark on the floor of the house that he was unaware of any cabinet deci- sion to hand over Guite Road to the BRO. Ranjit's loose remark on the house, ignoring the cabinet decision adopted by his prede- cessors has clearly offended the public here.
'We thank the public for their co-operation and support, the federation reiterates its commitment for the welfare of the general public and will still intensify its agitation depending on the response we receive from the government,' Kapkhanmuan, the ZSF President said today.
Student bodies, the ZSF in particular, and the civil societies here have been constantly pressing for the BRO since 2004.
Imphal, July 20: The All Tribal Students' Union Manipur (ATSUM) today said that the State Government, politicians, bureaucrats, civil society organisations, NGOs and individuals, who are requesting the student body to reconsider their ongoing agitation, must convince them why the Government is taking so long in preparing the rules for the Manipur Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (for SC and ST) Act 2007 .
No concrete step has been shown from the side of the State Government in this regard after the Bill was introduced and passed in the State Legislative Assembly on May 19, 2007, a press release of the students body alleged.
Maintaining that 50 percent of the total seats are reserved for SCs/STs in NEHU, Mizoram University and Nagaland University with the wholehearted support from the respective State Governments and University authorities, ATSUM questioned why such reservations are not possible in Manipur University.
It further said that 80 percent of its total open seats are reserved for tribals of the State in Rajiv Gandhi University in Arunachal Pradesh.
Churachandpur, July 18 : The agitating students of Churachandpur Government College in demand of tribal scholarships for the period 2008-09 turned violent yesterday at about 1 pm as a result of which some 30 benches were burnt and 27 windows broken along with some doors.
The situation was brought under control as the police and some security personnel rushed to the spot and dispersed the students.
Earlier, the students burnt the effigies of TD minister DD Thaisi and the deputy director, Kaikho at the college gate and then blockaded all roads at Tipaimukh and IB Road junctions for quite sometime.
In a separate press statement, the students union deplored the firing on the unarmed students by the security personnel saying they were demanding their rightful share and the TD minister loses nothing by the demand. They said the money was not the property of the minister but was given to them constitutionally by the government.
Meanwhile, the college principal Lalremthang Tusing also said he felt bad about the non-payment of students scholarship till date and shared the sufferings of the students.
He said he has been taking steps by way of pressuring the government for early payment of the scholarship to the students and hoped that his effort would yield the desired results.
Imphal | July 15 : Democratic Students’ Alliance of Manipur (DESAM) has set July 14 as a deadline to release the five students detained under National Security Act (NSA) in connection with the assassination of Prof Islamuddin, Proctor, Manipur University. Failure to release the five students by the given deadline would lead to the imposition of general strike for 120 hours from July 15. It was stated in a press meet held on Monday at its office at Keishmpat, Imphal West today.
Addressing the press meet, L C Santosh, president of DESAM informed that after the 120-hour general strike if the government does not release the students then they would intensify the agitation. All the government establishments including the offices of the ministers, Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) would be boycotted, warned the president. Cautioning the dealers engaged in tent houses, water supply and water tanker, the president further informed to deter from supplying to the ministers, MLAs and all the government establishments. If anyone of them found supplying or hiring then they would be liable for any consequences, asserted the president. If the government is still apathetic despite all such agitations they would declare an emergency in the education department, stated L C Santosh. The president of DESAM further informed that the health department, religeous programmes and education institutions would be exempted during the 120-hour general strike.
Mention may be made that thirteen student leaders were arrested in the aftermath of the murder of the Manipur University professor on charges of being linked with militants. This, despite claimed by a state based militant outfit of its involvement behind the murder of the professor.
The incident brought up much stir and condemnation from student bodies across the state. Earlier, the DESAM had threatened a 120-hour strike should the state government failed to release the student leaders by June 2. However, eight of the thirteen leaders of Democratic Students’ Alliance of Manipur (DESAM) and All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU) arrested were released on June 2 and therefore they had relaxed the general strike of 120-hour. However, five of the remaining student leaders were booked under National Security Act (NSA) and detained.
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister A K Antony on Monday said that government was planning to open four new Sainik Schools
in the country.
"Four new Sainik Schools would be opened in the country in Chhingchhip in Mizoram, Gumla in Chattisgarh, Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh and one in Sikkim for which the venue is yet to be decided," Antony said in a written reply to a Lok Sabha query.
The Minister added that the performance of these schools was reviewed by Sainik School societies on the basis of academic performances and the intake of students in National Defence Academy (NDA).
"Service Selection Board oriented training is also being provided to students using professional resource personnel," the minister said.
He added that the Defence Ministry had provided training grants to the schools with a view to upgrade infrastructure and skills in Military and Sainik Schools.
All major political parties are involved in an intense fight to consolidate their support base among backward classes in UP
Pradeep Kapoor Lucknow
It's a tough time for BSP supremo, Mayawati, in Uttar Pradesh. On one hand, she is fighting the Samajwadi Party to consolidate votes of backward classes. On the other hand, she has to battle the Congress which has eaten into her dalit vote bank.
All major political parties are involved in an intense fight to consolidate their vote bank in the run-up to what is being called the 'mini general elections'. In the next few months, elections will be held for 12 assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat in UP.
After the erosion of her support base among Brahmins, Muslims and Dalits in the Lok Sabha polls, Mayawati started a blame game. She blamed Muslims for not supporting the BSP. Then, she realised that Brahmins had also deserted her and there was no enthusiasm among Dalits to vote for the BSP.
A shocked Mayawati held a series of meetings with ministers, party MPs, MLAs and other important office bearers. She dissolved all district level bhaichara committees and announced an overhaul of the party organisation.
She announced that the state would be divided into 10 zones as far as the party organisation is concerned. She instructed party leaders to appoint members from the backward communities in important positions in the BSP.
Cabinet minister and Mayawati's trusted lieutenant, Babu Singh Khushwaha, is being projected as the backward face of the party. Mayawati has authorised him to interact with ministers and party MPs and MLAs regularly and apprise the chief minister of their problems.
Post-poll, Mayawati realised that it was a mistake to give most of BSP tickets to Brahmins. That had cost her BSP's traditional Dalit voters who deserted her. So, she has now nominated two members from backward communities, Ganga Charan Rajput and Sriram Pal, for Rajya Sabha seats.
Rajput is from the Lodh community. He was pitted against Varun Gandhi in Pilibhit and lost his deposit. Pal is an old party loyalist. Mayawati is giving importance to Rajput to cut into the Lodh Rajput base of Kalyan Singh, considered as undisputed leader of the community. Also, it's a strategy to fight the Kalyan-Mulayam combine. The Lodh Rajputs are considered a valuable vote bank among backward communities after Yadavs and Kurmis.
With Amar Singh not keeping well, Kalyan Singh, who won as an independent candidate from Etah, is gradually emerging as Mulayam's advisor for consolidation of SP's presence among backward communities.
After Mulayam joined hands with Kalyan Singh, Muslims deserted SP. The seat share of the party came down to 23 from 35 seats it won in the 2004 Lok Sabha polls. Now, the SP cannot bank on Muslims, who had supported the party since 1990.
Speaking to Hardnews, Kalyan Singh said that the main fight in UP would be to consolidate support among backward classes, who account for 62 per cent of the population in UP.
Kalyan Singh has advised Mulayam to give prominence to other backward communities besides Yadavs in the party's organisation. He also informed Hardnews of his plans to take out a rath yatra with Mulayam in UP to expose the misrule of the Mayawati government and drum up support among backward classes.
Like their fathers, sons Akhilesh Yadav and Rajbir Singh, too, teamed up and extensively toured areas dominated by backward classes. That apparently helped the party win more seats. Rajbir, however, doesn't want to contest the by-election from Firozabad Lok Sabha seat vacated by Akhilesh. Rajbir, national general secretary of the SP, said he would work for the party.
According to political observers, Mulayam, his son Akhilesh and nephew Dharmendra won their seats in the Lok Sabha election only because of Kalyan Singh's help.
Since Brahmins and Dalits are returning to Congress as seen in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, the main fight in the next assembly polls would be between the SP and the Congress, felt Kalyan Singh. He predicted that the BJP and the BSP would be relegated to the margins.
That is why Mayawati is fighting the Congress to retain her Dalit voters. She was so unnerved by the Congress' programme to celebrate Rahul Gandhi's birthday on June 19 as 'Samrasta Diwas'(day of harmony) and host feasts for Dalits in their bastis, she announced a programme on the same day to counter its effect.
During her address to BSP ministers and important leaders, she distributed leaflets criticising Rahul Gandhi's reaching out to Dalits as sham. She also called Mahatama Gandhi natakbaaz for his pro-Dalit stand.
BSP observed June 19 as 'Shame Diwas' and organised meetings across the country. She addressed a public meeting at Lucknow collectorate. Her fading charm was seen in the rally where people left even before she finished her address.
Although Rahul was not in the country on his birthday, Congress' strategy to woo Dalits on that occasion was a success. Congress spokesman, Subodh Srivastav, told Hardnews that lakhs of Congress workers reached out to Dalits and shared a meal with them all over UP.
Churachandpur, Jul 9 : Peeved over his denial of having any knowledge on the handing over of Guite Road to BRO, several student bodies based in Churachandpur today demanded the resignation of Works Minister K Ranjit, and boycotted the Minister as well as the PED Department with effect from tomorrow.
A joint statement issued by Churachandpur District Students Union and the Zomi Students Federation said a joint meeting of the student organizations and its constituent bodies today took a strong exception and a serious view over the failure on the part of the Government in tendering an acceptable apology as was demanded.
The CDSU and the ZSF had earlier issued an ultimatum to the Government for apology on the alleged remarks made by K Ranjit on the floor of the House that he was not aware of the Cabinet decisions with regards to the handing over Guite Road construction to the BRO.
Resolutions adopted today by the joint student bodies include boycott of Works Minister and the PWD Department Churachandpur division and all works undertaken by the Department. It also demanded the resignation of the Minister as his pretended ignorance was a tantamount to negligence of duty and suppression of his predecessors decisions.
The statement also declared that they will be at liberty to intensify their ongoing democratic agitation at any point of time.
Handing over over of Guite Road as well as other interior roads in the district to the BRO has been a long standing demands of the different student bodies here.
It may even now be one of the rarest consistent demands Churachandpur has made to the State Government, surpassing even the demand for local self Government or the Autonomous District Council, but the Government has still opted to discard the public sentiments.
Imphal, July 5: The All Manipur Students’ Union (Assam, Manipur, Nagaland) in a statement released on Sunday strongly condemn the gruesome act of the 6th JK Regiment and the Suspected DHD (D) cease fire group member for the bestial Killing of Paukanneung Newme, 26, s/o Paudahingbe of Boreneu (Chotoninglo) and for indiscriminately firing leading to injury of Eliangbe, 27, s/o Duilakbe from Hejaichak village on 2 July, 2009, in the North Cachar Hills, Assam.
In the statement released by the AZSU general secretary, Joshua Dangmei, it said that the Government of India and Government of Assam are the sole responsible for the killing the peace loving and innocent Zeliagrong people in the Borth Cachar Hills and asserted that the incident has been untamed quite for a long time. It said in the past there were instances for such identical incidents in the Zeliagrong inhabited areas and its people are vulnerable and became victims.
Further the statement demand for the immediate release of Poucheleung Newme, whose whereabouts is still unknown and not traceable. It also demand the Government of India must compensate for the deceased and injured victims. The AZSU and the Zeliagrong people of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland will not remained a mute spectator the genuine demands are not materialized at the earliest said the statement and threaten to Launch series of agitation to safeguard and protect our Zeliangrong people in NC Hills and any untoward incidents following the agitation the Government of India and Assam Government must held responsible, it said.
It also urged the GOI and Government of Assam to initiate joint and separate action to bring the situation.
Churachandpur, June 30 2009: Paokai Haokip, Thangzamang Haokip, Letjamang, and Lamminlun S.Gangte have been elected as the new President, VP (Admin), VP (External) and General Secretary respectively, of the Kuki Students' Organisation(KSO) Churachandpur today for the term 2009-11 .
The other elected secretaries of the KSO, CCPur in an election held today at the Kuki Inpi Churachandpur (KIC) Office, Tuibuong were S Hangngaihthang Neisial (Joint Secy), Henkholal Gangte (Education), Sinkhomang (Finance), Khupmang Kipgen (Information &Publicity) and Daniel Mangminthang Zou (Social& Culture).
The election was held with Pumminthang Simte, president of KSO (GHQ) as the returning officer while Sasang Gangte, President of Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) was the observer.
Members of KSO constituent bodies and blocks like Singat, Sangaikot, Henglep and GSO exercised their votes.
