How is VPP chief Ardent Basaomoit's health on Day 6 of hunger strike?

Описание: As the hunger strike called by Voice of the People Party supremo Ardent Basaomoit entered its sixth day on Monday, attention turned towards the Nongkrem MLA's health. A steady stream of supporters was seen pouring into the protest ground well into the evening, as friends and well wishers interacted with Ardent.

EastMojo caught up with VPP MLA Brightstarwell Marbaniang, who gave an update on the party leader’s health amid the ongoing protest to review the reservation system in Meghalaya.

In a related development, the committee set-up to discuss the roster system on Monday decided to send a recommendation to the Chief Minister of Meghalaya to allow an 'inclusive meeting’.

The committee, headed by Meghalaya Heath Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh, has recommended the CM to give Voice of the People party leaders a chance to express their views.

The VPP is demanding a review of the 1972 “unfair and outdated” reservation policy in Meghalaya.

However, the VPP rejected its inclusion in the committee.

“It is not important for us to take part and deliberate on a roster of the faulty policy. The people of the state want the government to discuss the reservation policy.

“We have seen the government’s attitude in the last meeting. They do not want us to discuss the roster,” a VPP spokesperson has said.

A roster is an application to determine the reservation of posts in a cadre for different categories with reference to the applicable percentage of reservations.

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