Kohima, Oct 20 (PTI) The Five Tribes Committee on Review of Reservation Policy (CoRRP) on Monday withdrew its call for boycott of all state government functions following the Nagaland cabinet’s decision to accept its key demands.

The committee, comprising five major Naga tribes — Ao, Angami, Lotha, Rengma and Sumi — had been demanding the renaming of the Job Reservation Commission to the Commission for Review of Reservation Policy, and an expansion of its terms of reference beyond job-related matters, which was accepted by the government on October 16.

In a press release, CoRRP convenor Tesinlo Semy and member secretary GK Zhimomi said the they took the decision to revoke the boycott call after a meeting where representatives of all five tribe bodies and their frontal units participated.

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