Making clear his government and party’s stand on ‘greater Mizoram’ or unification of contiguous areas of Manipur, Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga said that a cannot directly interfere in the internal affairs of other states like Manipur.<\/p>\n
The tribals belonging to Chin, Kuki, Mizo, Zo, Zomi, who share the same culture, religion, tradition and ancestry, have been living for decades in both Mizoram and Manipur and they, along with the 10 tribal MLAs of Mizoram, demanded a separate state for the tribals.<\/p>\n
“Unification of ‘Zo’ tribe inhabited areas of Myanmar and Bangladesh – would be difficult at this time, unification of the ethnic Mizos areas living in Indian states of Manipur, Assam and Tripura had been proposed by the MNF all the time. The issue of unification of all the inhabited areas of our kindred brothers in neighbouring states was highly featured in the peace talks held with the Indian government and the erstwhile underground MNF.”<\/p>\n
The MNF, which emerged from Mizo National Famine Front (MNFF) – a platform that protested against the inaction of Centre during the 1959 famine in Mizo areas of Assam, was led by militant leader-turned politician Laldenga which staged an uprising in 1966 and for several years carried out underground activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"