AIZAWL, May 30: Mizoram Chief
Minister Zoramthanga has written
to his Tripura counterpart, Biplab
Kumar Deb, urging him to reconsider his Government’s proposal to
settle Bru refugees in Jampui Hills
in Tripura’s Kanchanpur subdivision.
In the letter addressed to the
Tripura Chief Minister on Friday,
Zoramthanga said, I am given to
understand that there is a proposal for resettlement of a good
number of displaced Brus residing in Tripura in Mizo-inhabited
Jampui Hills and surrounding areas under Kanchanpur subdivision
of North Tripura district.
The letter stated that there has
been ethnic tension and upheaval
between Mizos and Brus, both in
Mizoram and Tripura, and any strain
between the two communities in
Tripura will undoubtedly have repercussions in Mizoram and vice
versa, which could defeat the very
purpose and spirit of the agreement
signed between the representatives
of the Bru community, the chairman
of TIPRA, the Chief Secretaries of
Tripura and Mizoram and the Joint
Secretary of the Union Ministry of
Home Affairs on January 16.
Zoramthanga urged Deb to reconsider and withdraw the proposal
for resettlement of displaced Brus
at the traditional habitat of Mizos in
Jampui Hills and adjoining areas.
Zoramthanga’s letter also mentioned that the Mizo community in four villages of Sakhan Hills had fled
their traditional villages due to tension with Brus displaced from Mizoram in 1998.
In view of the above,
inter alia, I would posit that reconsideration and cancellation of the
proposed resettlement of displaced
Brus amidst Mizo traditional settlers
of Jampui Hills and arrangement of
other appropriate locations is inevitable if the historic agreement signed
on January 16, 2020 is to be successfully implemented in letter and spirit, Zoramthanga’s letter read.
Meanwhile, the Mizo Convention of Jampui Hills, an organisation of Mizo people living in Jampui Hills, on Friday protested at
Kanchanpur subdivision, demanding resettlement of Bru people
outside North Tripura district. ~Assam Tribune
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