Grabbing tribal land Mizoram students body accused Manipur Govt
Aizawl: Mizo Zarlai Paul (MZP), Mizoram’s apex student body, has accused the Manipur government of grabbing land and evicting ethnic Zo tribals in the neighboring state.
“The root of these problems is the efforts of the Manipur government to evict the Zo people from their various settlements to take away their lands and to convert these tribal lands into protected forests, protected forests, wildlife sanctuaries. can be described as wetlands and wetlands.” MZP said in a statement.
Incidents of violence were witnessed recently when tribals, mostly belonging to Kuki-Chin-Zo communities, protested against the Manipur government’s crackdown on illegal poppy growers and poppy plantations on forest land. Started fresh protests against the destruction of farms, especially in reserves and protected forests. mountainous areas.
The violent incidents took place in Manipur’s Churachandpur, Kangpokpi and Tengnoupal, where tribals of the Kuki-Chin-Zo community have been living for decades.
The MZP said that it is keeping a close eye on the problems faced by the Zoroastrians in Manipur.
Condemning the crackdown by the Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh-led government against the Zo people, the MZP criticized the Manipur government for demanding Inner Line Permits (ILP) from the Zo tribes of Mizoram. .
The MZP said, “While ILP is necessary for non-Mizoram residents, we never demand it or create problems for the Manipuri (Meitei) people (living in Mizoram), with whom we do not discriminate,” MZP said.
Noting that demanding ILPs from people who are entering Manipur from Mizoram state is detrimental to ethnic Zoro people and may lead to rift between the Mizoram and Manipur governments, the statement said. : “So we demand Manipur government to stop demanding ILP from us. Nasli brothers.”
“If the Manipur government continues to take action that is not safe for the ethnic Zo people, we will not be responsible for anything that happens to the Manipuri (Metti) people in Mizoram,” the statement said.
It said that the MZP will continue to work for the protection of ethnic zoo people in Mizoram’s neighboring states and across the world.
The MZP said, “This ethnic zoo will continue to promote unity among people as it seeks to maintain community brotherhood”.
“The Manipur government is trying to evict our brothers and sisters, the people of the Northeast, from their own villages, and we cannot accept this. We demand that the Manipur government immediately Stop actions that could be harmful to ethnic zoo people,” the organization said.
Along with the same race, the Zo, Mizo, Kuki, Chin tribes are scattered in Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur, Assam, Tripura, Western Myanmar, Chittagong Hill Tracts in Southeast Bangladesh.
