AIZAWL, Aug 23: A meeting chaired
by Chief Minister Zoramthanga on
Saturday, which was attended by State
Chief Secretary Lalnunmawia Chuaungo and leaders of Young Mizo Association, the state’s largest civil society
organisation, decided to write a letter
to the Ministry of Home Affairs about
the recent “breach of entry protocols”
by the Assam Rifles while entering
Mizoram.
An official statement said the meeting took a serious note of a team of
Assam Rifles personnel refusing to
comply with standard operating
protocols set by the State government for persons entering Mizoram.
The
SOP said anyone entering Mizoram
should undergo mandatory medical
screening for COVID-19 at the
Vairengte entry point on the AssamMizoram border. Mizoram government
alleged that the team of Assam Rifles
last week gate-crashed and refused to
undergo screening.
“The meeting took a serious note of the
Assam Rifles team refusing to comply
with the State government’s guidelines
while the State government and the public
at large have been taking every precaution
to contain the spread of COVID-19
pandemic, the paramilitary force’s refusal
to attend the Independence Day function
and other incidents,” it said. ~Assam Tribune
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