Border Dispute Took Centrestage in Mizoram Politics OUR REPORTER in General
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Several home secretary and district border when an indigenous Mizoram and Tripura and leaders of world during 2020 and Mizoram was Nevertheless, the border row administration level meetings held in organisation of that state attempted to Bru associations on January 16, over no exception. Every segment of life was resurfaced again after a two year lull October and November, 2020 to defuse construct a temple on the area claimed 35,000 displaced Bru families lodged affected by the pandemic and the fear and the disqualification of an MLA, the tension had yielded little result. by both states, prompting the Mizoram at six relief camps in Tripura since of its spread has prompted the Christian first of such incident in Mizoram, The blockade on NH-306, which government to issue prohibitory order. 1997 were allowed to settle dominated state to suspend church dominated the state's politics during is the lifeline of Mizoram linking The tension died down with the permanently in that state. However, the service since March and even cancelled 2020. The state faced twin border Assam's Cachar district, by Assam withdrawal of the prohibitory order Bru resettlement continue to face log- all religious festivals, including the disputes with neighbouring Assam and residents continued for more than two after the organisation reversed its jam in Tripura with some groups much awaited Christmas. Tripura during October and November. weeks to mount pressure on the decision to construct the temple. opposing the move resulting in massive Mizoram reported its first Covid- After massive tussle in 2018, the Mizoram government as it allegedly After the anti-Citizenship protests in the neighbouring state 19 case on March 24 and that of first border row with Assam resurfaced on refused to withdraw its forces from the Amendment Act protest on January 7 during 2020. fatality on October 28. August 9, 2020 when Assam's border citing security reason and when the state's lone Lok Sabha Following the Bru agreement, civil Mizoram, which is well known for Karimganj district administration had maintenance of peace. The blockade member C. Lalrosanga of ruling Mizo society organisations and political its regimented and self-disciplined allegedly set on fire a farm hut and bamboo huts and stalls erected by old Assam's resident in Vairengte and had compelled the hilly state to import National Front (MNF) was shown black party, including Central Young Mizo society, was known to be one of the damaged plantations on the disputed residents of Assam's Lailapur village explosion of bombs on two Assam's oil and cooking gas from neighbouring flags on his arrival in Aizawl for voting Association (CYMA) asked the best performing states in the country land near Thinghlun village in west along the National Highway (NH)-306. schools near Mizoram's Saihapui "V" Manipur. The border tension, however, in favour the contentious act during a government to delete the names of Bru in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic, the Mizoram's Mamit district. At least 7 people from Vairengte village in Kolasib district in October and was defused after deployment of central parliament session in Delhi, the two- voters, who remained in Tripura. coveted fame it earned mainly because On August 17, a violent clash took and a few others from Assam were November. armed forces on either side of the year-old MNF government headed by In November, Mizoram's main of the massive containment measures place on the northern state's border injured in the clash prompting the Mizoram three districts- Aizawl, borders and with the lifting of blockade chief minister Zoramthanga made a opposition Zoram People's Movement taken by the government and massive with Assam's Cachar district near Centre to intervene. Kolasib and Mamit shares 164.6 km on November 11 following chief good start with a pact to end more than (ZPM) wrote to the ECI urging the poll support rendered by the churches, civil Vairengte village during which The border tension was aggravated inter-state border with Assam's Cachar, secretary level meet of both the states a two-decade old Bru imbroglio, a panel to remove names of Bru voters societies in particular and the people Mizoram residents torched makeshift by the mysterious death of a 48-year- Karimganj and Hailakandi districts. under Union Home Secretary Ajay move hailed by political parties and from the state's voter list. P3 CM discuss NE development PM's ways to ease Low-key Christmas celebrations traffic dream, many projects congestion in Mizoram due to COVID OUR REPORTER markets and malls in Aizawl for pre- celebrated indoors, some with officials AIZAWL, DEC 27 Christmas shopping though it was not neighbourhoods in rural villages held sanctioned: Amit Shah like in the previous years. Churches of worship services in group and dined For the first time since Christianity was different denominations, held online together with minimum attendees AGENCIES introduced in the picturesque state of programmes through local cable allowed by the government. IMPHAL, DEC 27 Mizoram in 1890s, the traditional way televisions and other media platforms In Mizoram, normally the of celebrating Christmas has been to convey Christmas messages to the Christmas fever is high in the villages. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has kept shunned as low-key celebration people. People would construct bamboo the northeast in his heart and thus marked the big event Friday due to Presbyterian Church, the largest makeshift halls for congregational showered the region with a huge amount COVID-19 protocols in place across the denomination in the state, organised singing, make monetary contributions of central funds, tamed the decades-old state. Christmas live crusade through local for community feast and dine on terrorism and established peace, Union Traditionally, church service, cable TV on Christmas eve and banana leaves in the evening. While Home Minister Amit Shah said on carols, congregational gatherings Christmas day delivering sermons and majority churches dedicated December Sunday. called 'Zaikhawm' in local parlance singing Christmas songs to cheer up the 25 to church service and usually held "Development of northeast region is been agitating for the ILP for many OUR REPORTER (singing Christmas songs and hymns mood of the people. community feast on December 26, a the mantra (vision) of Modi ji, hence years." AIZAWL, DEC 27 in group) and community feast form On Friday, different churches section of churches used to organise he (Prime Minister) and the government The ILP was enforced in the entire an integral part of Christmas organised online church service community feast since Christmas day led by him excelled all-round state of Manipur on December 11, Chief Minister Zoramthanga visited the celebration in the Christians dominated through TV and zoom applications. apart from church service and development of the region -- connectivity 2019 for the protection of the Transport Department office in Chaltlang Mizoram. Churches like Presbyterian Church 'Zaikhawm'. to infrastructure and economic indigenous people. The ILP is an to discuss plans to ease the traffic and This year the state government has of India, Baptist Church of Mizoram, Streets in Aizawl and other towns upliftment of all sections of people," official document issued by the state vehicle congestion in the city. banned all such practices to prevent United Pentecostal and Roman Catholic wore a deserted looks on December Shah said after laying the foundation government concerned to allow visit He said when the Covid19 pandemic further spread of coronavirus. aired Christmas programme through 26 though no community feasts were stone of various development projects. of an Indian citizen into the ILP situation gets better, it will be necessary As per the updated health bulletin, local cable TVs on rotation on held. Addressing a gathering at the Hapta promulgated areas or state for a to promote the use of public the tiny Northeastern state of Mizoram Christmas. As community feasts were not Kangjeibung ground here, he said: stipulated period and for a specific transportation to ease the traffic has reported 4,182 coronavirus cases In most places, celebrations were possible this year, some churches "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has purpose. congestion in the city. As such it is so far and a death toll of 8.