Politics / Mizoram

AIZAWL, April 19: A privilege motion was moved on Thursday in the Mizoram Assembly against the state finance department for its 'refusal' to incorporate the recommendations of the Assembly Budget Committee in the annual budget, reports PTI. The motion of privilege and contempt of the House had earlier been moved at the meeting of the Assembly Budget Committee by member L L Lianchia and was accepted by the committee. H Laltanpuia, member of the budget committee moved the privilege motion in the Assembly, which was referred to the Assembly Privilege Committee. Irate members said that while the...

AIZAWL, April 18: Recent abduction of four people by Manipur's Hmar People's Convention - Democrats (HPC-D) on Tuesday rocked Mizoram Assembly as Opposition members accused the state government of being unable to protect the border areas, reports PTI. Irate members, during a discussion of budgetary demands of the Home ministry, said that the state government had "tied" the hands of the State police to effectively combat the rebels who operated from across the borders. R Lalzirliana of Congress said that the HPC-D militants had kidnapped more than ten people in three separate incidents during...

AIZAWL, April 12: Opposition members in the Mizoram Assembly have termed the Mizoram government's decision to adopt Central Board of School Education (CBSE) syllabus as "saffronisation of education" in the Christian-dominated State, reports PTI. Speaking during discussions on the budgetary demands of School Education Minister F Malsawma, the Opposition members expressed the fear that the State government unknowingly might have fulfilled the BJP "hidden agenda" to saffronise elementary education. J Lalthangliana of the Mizoram People's Conference (MPC) urged the minister to ensure that students...

AIZAWL, April 8: Ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) leader Manghmunga was elected unopposed as Chief Executive Member (CEM) of Mizoram's Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC) on Friday, reports PTI. Manghmunga was elected at the LADC session in Mizoram's southern town of Lawngtlai, headquarters of LADC, unopposed, as another candidate, A Rohnuna of Congress, withdrew his nominations in the morning. Former CEM Ukmang Zathang was ousted in a no-confidence motion on Wednesday when 15 out of 20 MNF members withdrew support to his leadership. MNF has 20 members, Congress six and Lai People's Party...

AIZAWL, March 30: Police on Friday cordoned off both sides of a road in front of the Mizoram Assembly as a precautionary measure to prevent Opposition party activists from creating law and order problems near the Assembly during the ongoing budget session, reports PTI. Aizawl District Superintendent of Police, Zorammawia told PTI that they were closely watching the law and order situation as it might worsen with the Opposition allegation of corruption against State Chief Minister Zoramthanga. The Mizoram People's Conference (MPC) on Friday intended to put up posters in the capital city...

AIZAWL, March 26: Opposition Mizoram People's Conference (MPC) has expressed fear that BJP's "hidden agenda" to dilute culture and religion of the Mizos through textbooks in elementary education and high school might be overlooked by the state government, reports PTI. Raising the issue during Question Hour in the Assembly on March 23, Opposition leader and MPC chief Lalhmingthanga asked the State School Education Minister F Malsawma whether the state government was aware of the BJP's hidden agenda. Lalhmingthanga alleged that change in academic session adaptation of Central Board of School...

AIZAWL, March 20: The State government claims to have completed the process of identifying the "legal" Reang residents of Mizoram and have placed the figure at a little over 10,000, reports UNI. With this, the Mizoram administration has literally rubbished the claims made by Tripura that over 31,000 Reangs living in the northern refugee camps belonged to the State. The announcement could have far reaching effects on the demographic profile of the region as Mizoram can now refuse entry to over 20,000 Reangs/Brus who were claiming to be residents of the State. Placing the Reangs under two...

AGARTALA, March 17: The Mizoram government's bid to link the repatriation of more than 31,000 Reang tribal refugees stranded in six North Tripura camps over the past three-and-a-half years to the issue of Bru militancy has dimmed the prospect of an early repatriation of refugees. Mizoram government's latest stand was made clear at a tripartite meeting held in Delhi between the chief secretaries of Mizoram, Tripura and senior officials of the Union home ministry. Mizoram chief secretary H.V. Lalringa said unless the Bru National Liberation Front stopped terrorist activities in Mizoram...

AIZAWL, March 14: Mizoram government is yet to give its reply to the offer for peace dialogue by the Bru National Front (BNLF), according to a top government officials, reports PTI. The officials who preferred to remain anonymous told PTI that the BNLF general secretary Solomon Prophul had written a letter to the state's Home Minister Tawnluia offering peace dialogue with the participation of officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs and representatives of the Bru Welfare Association of Mizoram. The BNLF also conditions for talks saying the venue should be outside Mizoram, either at Kolkata...

AIZAWL, March 13: Mizoram Government, on March 12 said that it was ready for any peace efforts to ensure that the Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF) shun the path of violence and come over-ground even as the BNLF sets a series of conditions for peaceful dialogue. State Home Minister Tawnluia told PTI here that the government wanted that all the BNLF cadres should bid farewell to arms and lead normal lives before the commencement of repatriation process of Bru refugees from Tripura. "Any arrangement to bring all the BNLF militants overground is welcomed including a well organised dialogue'...