Kyrsoibor Pyrtuh
Ha ka 20 tarik Lber 2022 ka Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) kan kynjoh 44 snem bad ha kine ki saw phew snem tam jong ka jingїaid lynti bad jingїakhih paidbah ka KSU ka la san bad long ka seng ne tnat treikam ba pura. Ka la don ruh ka por ba ka KSU ka la poi ha tmier bad ka lah jan dam, phewse namar ba ka dei ka met jong ki samla pule la mih pat shi kynhun ki samla pule kiba la shimti bad pynim pat ia ka.
Ha ka General Meeting jong ki samla pule ka Khasi Hills kaba la long ha ka 11 tarik Lber 1978 ha Khasi National Dorbar la rai ban thaw ia ka seng samla pule kaba thymmai. Kumta la pynlong ia ki jingїalang jong ka Executive bad Working Committee ar sngi lynter ha ki tarik 18 bad 20 Lber 1978 ha kajuh hi ka jaka bad la thaw ia ka Khasi Students’ Union. Ha kaba sdang eh ka KSU ka kynthup tang ia ki samla pule jong ka North Eastern Hill University bad ki samla pule jong ki 12 tylli ki college ha ka Nongbah Shillong.
Ka jingthmu ba kongsan jong ka KSU ka long ban їada bad kyntiew ia ka jaidbyriew Khasi kaba rit paid. Ňiuma, ha ka jingїakren bad u bah Geoffrey Basan, u General Secretary ba nyngkong, u la pynpaw ba ka daw kaba pynlong ia ki samla pule ban їawan lang ka long namar ka jingpyrshah ia ka jingkhim ha ka rukom sam bai bam ne scholarship sha ki khynnah pule. Ha ka snem 1978 ka Sorkar Jylla ka la pyrkhing ban ai bai bam tang na ka bynta ar ngut ki samla pule na kawei ka longїing bad kane ka la pynbitar ia ki samla pule namar ka long ka jingleh shilliang khmat bad jingleh ibeiῆ.
Naduh kaba sdang ka KSU ka la shim bad їakhun halor ki mat kiba pher kiba ktah ia ki samla pule bad ka jaitbynriew. U Bah Pascal Malngiang u phiah ia ki jingdawa jong ka KSU ha ki ar tylli ki bynta, kawei ka in-campus lane ki mat kiba їadei thik na ka bynta ki samla pule bad kawei pat ka Off campus lane ki mat kiba ktah ia ka imlang-sahlang bad ka synshar khadar salonsar. Ki mat jingdawa kiba kongsan kiba don ha kitei ki ar tylli ki thup ki long (i) ban kyntiew ia ka bai bam na ka bynta ki samla pule bad ban ym pyrkhing ia ka jingsam ia ka bai bam tang ar ngut ki khun (ii) ban pynduna ia ka bai bus ia ki khynnah pule (iii) ban pyrshah ia ka jingpynlong compulsory ia ka subject hindi ha ki civil service eksam (iv) ban tei ia ki skul paidbah, ka medical bad agriculture college bad ban kyntiew kyrdan ia ka Polytechnic sha ka Engineering college bad kiwei. Katba ha ka thup ka off-campus la thep ia kine- (i) ban ker sainar ia ki khappud bad ka Bangladesh (ii) ban pynphai noh ia ki bar ri ne foreign nationals (iii) ban pynїoh biang ia ki jaka shipai (iv) ban weng ia ki jingeh khappud bad ka Assam (v) ban pynim pat ia ki dorbar khasi (vi) ban pyntreikam ia ka Inner Line Permit (vii) ban pyrshah ia ka jingtih uranium (vii) ban pyrshah ia ka rel (viii) ban pyndam ia ka reservation policy (ix) ban pynbna ia ka ktien Khasi kum ka official language hapoh ka Jylla bad pynrung ia ka ktien Khasi ha ka 8th Schedule jong ka Riti Synshar ka India.
Ha ka snem 1991 shi kynhun ki samla pule ki angnud ban їohi biang ia ka Seng Samla pule kaba їeng ha ka jingmut ba tynrai jong ka. Kumta hapoh ka jingїalam jong u Banshan Sing Nongbet kum u President ki la kut jingmut ban pynlong ia ka KSU kum ka seng ki samla katkum ka jingmut ba tynrai jong ka. Ha ki kyntien jong u Paul Lyngdoh uba long u General Secretary ha katei ka snem, “…ka KSU hapoh ka jingialam bathymmai ka don la ka seng pyrkhat thymmai. Ka dei ka seng ki samla pule ha ka jingmut ba tynrai eh jong ka, bad ym ka seng pynkhynwin shnong khlem nongrim…Kam mut ba ngin ym iakhih paidbah shuh haba ki daw ki pynksan ia kata…ngin da kynjoh ktien shuwa ia phi ki paradoh parasnam, ngin da phylliew jingmut bad phi, bad ngin pyndonkam ym tang ka bor met, hynrei ka jabieng bad ka sap tipbriew tipblei…”
Ka Riti pynїaid kam jong ka KSU ka batai, u ne ka khasi kiba pule hapoh ka Jylla Meghalaya bad shabar ki lah ban rung dkhot sha ka KSU. Їa ki kyrdan bad mat treikam jong ka KSU la batai bniah ha ka Riti pynїaid kam. La pdiang nyngkong eh ia ka Riti pynїaid kam ha ka snem 1981 bad la pynkylla bad pynthymmai shuh shuh ia ka ha ka snem 1993. Ka jingpynrung dkhot sha ka KSU ka jia ha ki ar tylli ki bynta, kawei ha ki jaka pule bad ar ha ki shnong bad ia ki nongkitkam jong ka KSU la jied lyngba ka election.
Lah ban ong ba naduh kaba sdang hi, ki jingїakhih paidbah ki dei ka bynta ba kongsan ha ka jingtreikam jong ka KSU. Ka KSU ka pyndonkam ia ki ar tylli ki buit ha ka jingїakhun ban pynurlong ia ki jingdawa, kawei ka lynti kaba jai jai, kum ka jingshong kyllaiῆ mungor, ki jingthoh shithi bad dorkhas. Hynrei ka ju pyndonkam ruh ia ki lynti kiba khihwin kum ka jingpyndum bor ding por mynmiet, ki jingpakhang shnong bad pakhang surok, jingkhang ophis bad ki jingїalang paidbah. Ha kaba sdang eh, la pynlong ia ka jingpakhang skul/college bad ka sngi buh jingdawa. Naduh ka snem 1986 ka KSU ka la bunkam ha ki jingїakhih paidbah bad la sakhi ruh ia ka jingїakhih paidbah hakhmat ka ophis Secretariat kaba la neh bun taїew ha ka snem 1987. Ha kane ka jingїakhih la pakhang ia ki skul bad ki college da ki bun tylli ki bnai bad ka la long ka jingduh. Kumjuh ruh kane ka jingїakhih ka la ktah ia ka shong suk shong shngaiῆ jong ka nongbah bad ka Jylla. Phewse, ki jingїakhih paidbah kim dei tang ma ki ki kam ba ka KSU ka leh, ki nongkitkam jong ka ki sngewtynnad ruh ban їashim bynta ha ka thoh ka tar, ka rwai, ka put ka tem bad ki kam kilan met.
Ha ka jingjurip ia ka history jong ka jingsdang bad jingїaid lynti jong ka KSU la pyndonkam ia ki ar tylli ki diengkot ban thew jingtip, kata ka Bogardus scale ne u diengkot ban thew ia ka jingsngew jong ki briew halor ki lad jingїakhih ba ka KSU ka ju pyndonkam ban pynurlong ia ki jingdawa bad kawei pat, ka Bivariate method ne u diengkot ban thew halor ka dor bad jinglong ki nongkitkam ka KSU. La shem ba 86% ki paidbah ki sngew ba dei lyngba ka miej jong ka jingїakren yn lah ban pynurlong ia ki jingdawa bad weng ia ki jingeh bad tang 8% kiba ong ba dei ban pyndonkam da ka bor bad jingїaumsnam. Ka KSU kam lait ruh na ki jingshah kynthoh namar ha ki bun ki khep jingїakhih jong ka KSU la mih ruh ki jingїap-jingmynsaw, jingjot bad jingphlei snam. Ka KSU ka la shah kynthoh ba ka dei ka seng kaba khim jingmut, kaba pynkhynwin bad kaba pynїashoh-їadat. Nalor nangta ka jingkitkam jong ki kynthei khamtam ha ki kam nongїalam ba shalor ka long kaba thylli bad la phiah ne buh pynban ia ki samla kynthei ha kawei ka kamra, kata ka Girls’ wing. Ym kum ha ka snem kaba sdang ha kaba ki samla pule ki la jied ia i kong Bluebell Jyrwa kum ka Vice President ba nyngkong jong ka KSU. Halor ka dor bad jinglong jong ki nongїalam/nongkitkam jong ka KSU ka don ka jingїapher jingmut kaba jur hapdeng ki samla pule kiba la kham shemphang bad kiba bun ki sngap jar halor ka dor jinglong jingim jong ki nongїalam. Katba 42% pat ki sngew bad pynpaw ba ki nongїalam ki dei kiba sngewthuh bad shemphang ia ki mat ki jura bad sa 42% ki pynpaw ba ka jingkhwan myntoi shimet ka long ka jingeh bad jingma kaba khraw. Hapdeng ki samla pule under graduate kumba 66% ki ong ba ki nongїalam ki long kiba sngewthuh bad 24% ki pynpaw ba ki nongїalam ki pyrshang ban trei hok ia ka kam.
Ka KSU ka mihpli ban pyndap ia ka jaka kaba suda. Kaei kaba la їehnoh thylli da ki nongsynshar bad nongїalam saiῆ hima la shimti bad pyndap ia ka da ki samla pule. Ha ka snem 1978 ka don ka jingsngew kaba jur ba ka dei ban don ka seng ki samla pule kaba khlaiῆ ka ban shim bad їakhun halor ki mat ki jura bad ban pynsngew ha ki bor Sorkar. Ki don ki ishu ba ka KSU ka shim kiba long kiba myntoi bad lyngba jong ki ka la noh synῆiang sha ka rynsan їatai halor ki kam synshar-khadar ha ka Jylla. Halor ka jingshim bynta bad jingїakhih jong ka KSU na ka bynta ki ishu kiba ktah ia ka synshar khadar haduh 69% ki ong ba ka jingbymlarkam ki nongsynshar bad nongїalam saiῆ hima ka dei ka daw bah kaba la pynlong ia ka KSU ban shim bynta bad tuklar ia ki.
Ha ka rta kaba 44, ka por ka la ih ia ka KSU ban pdiang kylluid mynsiem ia ki jingkynthoh, ban pynpaw ia ka jingkhraw mynsiem bad jinglong san ban pdiang ia kino kino ki jingkylli, ban ym tieng ban їatai bad їaprat jingmut ha man la ki mat bad ki por. Khamtam ka long kaba kongsan ia ka KSU ban mutdur bad pynwandur thymmai їalade na ka bynta ka lawei. Haduh mynta ki don bun ki jingdawa bad ki mat ba ka KSU ka la shim ki sah kumjuh naduh 1978. Hato kin sah kumjuh shi rta? Kiei kiei kiba bun ki la kylla, ka pyrthei bad ka imlang sahlang ki la kylla. Ka synshar-khadar, ka treikam treijam ki tyllun bad їaid shakhmat. Lehse ki don ki mat jingdawa ki bym phoida shuh mynta, lait noh katto katne. Ka Jylla mynta ka don ha ka khep bad ki jingeh kiba kham khraw kiba ki briew ki mad ki long, ka jingduh noh ia ka khyndew lane ki briew kim kot bor ban thied shi lyngkhot ka khyndew ban shong ban sah, ka jingkurup spah shimet bad jingkurup bor tang da ki katto katne ki heh spah khasi, ka jingpynjot pathar ia ka mariang, ka jingphet shnong jong ki briew na ki shnong kyndong, ka jinglyngkrang bad jingsah dien ha ka pule puthi bad ka koit ka khiah, ka jingbam sap, ka jinglah shilliang ha ka їoh ka kot, ka jingkyrduh kam bad ka jingleh beiῆ ia ki kynthei. Lada ka KSU kam pei phang bad pyrkhat khia halor kine ki mat, lashai lashi sngi kan ym lah ban kynnoh iano iano ruh, hynrei kan hap ban kynnoh їalade.
Shi sien peit i kumba ka bit ka biang mynta bad ka KSU ka їeng rasong kum ka kynhun, hynrei ngi dei ban kynmaw ba ki seng bad ki kynhun treikam ki don la ka jong ka jingduna bad ki lah ban khyllem bad shah ban-їap ha ka jingkhia la jong, lymda ki kloi ban pynwandur-pynthymmai, ban long khuid, ban ai jingkheiῆ bad plie kylluid ia ki jingkhang jong ka jingmut jingpyrkhat.
(Kane ka article la shim na ka jingpule jingjurip jong u nongthoh hi kaba la ai kyrteng, The Socio-Political Struggle of the Khasi Students Union, bad kaba la ai sha ka Serampore University West Bengal ha ka snem 2000)
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