A CORRESPONDENT
ITANAGAR: The All Puroik Students' Union (APSU) has demanded that the State government to appoint persons with adequate knowledge of the problems of the Puroik community as the Chairman, Vice Chairman and members of the Puriok Welfare Board (PWB). The three-year term of the PWB expired in May this year.
"The persons to be appointed to the posts must be free to dedicate themselves full-time to work for the welfare of the community," the Union said.
In a representation to the State Governor, the Union stated that some of the busiest bureaucrats, such as the Principal Secretary, the Home Commissioner and the Home Secretary, who had little or no knowledge about the community, had been appointed as the board's Chairman in the past years. "The intention of the government to appoint such qualified officers might be good, but in reality they failed to deliver services for the welfare of the community," the Union alleged.
"Because of the blunder made by the government, the whole Puroik community is suffering despite the creation of the board and allocation of funds," it said, further alleging, "There was no annual action plan, no budget provision in the board in the last three years."
Urging the government to reconstitute the Board, the Union demanded that the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman and the Board members "must be appointed in prior consultation with the members and various organizations of the Puroik community."
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