ES Reporter 

ITANAGAR, Mar 30: The Pan Arunachal Joint Steering Committee (PAJSC), a non-political organisation, has entered into politics  and  fielded Techi Rana as its official candidate for the Arunachal West Parliamentary Lok Sabha seat.
The PAJSC also announced that it will soon form a political party which will recruit the best leaders inclined toward issue-based politics.
Vice Chairman  PAJSC Tadak Nalo said that the decision to jump into the political arena was not easy and they had to go through a series of meetings. He said that the committee believes that the issue raised by the PAJSC can only be met by political power.He also added that post-election, PAJSC will form a new political party.
He said that despite the passage of almost 2 years since the APPSC cash-for-job scam, there has been no development despite repeated assurance by the state government.
“Now to make a change, we had to change our approach. Lately, we believe that the change in a system can only happen being part of the system. Therefore, the PAJSC, despite being a non-political organisation, has declared to jump into politics,” he said.
Furthermore, he said that whatever may be the result in the election, there is no option to quit the fight against the biggest scam of the state. Our effort is to fight against corruption, Tribal rights, Refugee issues, amendment of Article 371(H) and others.
“Moreover, there is no political will of the leaders to voice against the scam. Also, there is not a single leader who brought up the matter.  Hence, with no option left, the PAJSC has decided to involve in the political arena,” he added.
Speaking to the reporters, Techi Rana said that the PAJSC waited for a long time for the state opposition parties to assure the public to raise the failure of the state government to address the state Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) cash for job scam. Surprisingly, no political leaders either raised the issue or approached the committee. Now, the prime reason to contest the parliamentary election is to be the voice of the youths, he said.
Rana said there is a need for political power to raise the issue of APPSC cash for job scams, which was one of the reasons to contest in the Lok Sabha polls. He also informed that he filed a nomination for the East Parliamentary Lok Sabha seat but was rejected.
“I have filed my nomination as an independent candidate and will not be in alliance with any other political party.I am very clear with my objective and shall continue with it,” he said, adding that his involvement in politics is also to ensure the issue remains alive after the assembly election.
Rana said if the state government wanted, the APPSC issue could have been resolved much earlier. This clearly indicates that the leaders are less interested in issue-based politics but more into personal benefits.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
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