Mizoram emerged as an island of peace, says CM Zoramthanga
Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Thursday said that the North-eastern state has emerged as an island of peace.
Addressing the General Conference of the Mizo Students' Union (MSU) here on Thursday, the Chief Minister said that Mizoram has provided relief and shelter to those who have fled their homes in trouble torn Myanmar, Bangladesh and Manipur.
Zoramthanga, who is also the President of the ruling Mizo National Front said, “The distressed people from Myanmar, Bangladesh and Manipur took shelter in the state and are now living peacefully with happiness. Mizo society is offering their all out support to those who sought refuge in the state."
The militant leader turned politician elaborated it is difficult to describe the comfort he and other erstwhile MNF leaders and cadres felt when they fled to the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), where according to him, they could live peacefully during the time of the conflict.
After coming to overground in 1986, the MNF was converted into a political party and is now a recognised state party.
“Mizoram is now one of the most peaceful states in the world,” the Chief Minister said. After the signing of the Peace Accord, the Memorandum of Settlement in 1986, which ended two decades of strife and insurgency, the mountainous Mizoram became the 23rd state of India on February 20, 1987.
He added, “ Insurgency ridden neighbouring states often gave examples of lasting peace in Mizoram and sought the assistance to establish peace in their states”.
Mizoram has been accommodating around 35,000 refugees from Myanmar due to the military coup in February 2021, over 1,000 refugees from Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh, where Army crackdown forced the tribals to leave their villages and
