Former Bru MLA in Mizoram dead

Aizawl, Dec 30 : V Lalnunzira, the first MLA to represent Bru community in the Mizoram legislative Assembly, died at his Ramhlun North residence here yesterday following prolonged illness.

He was 65.

Lalnunzira is survived by his wife, two sons and one daughter and grandchildren.

Lalnunzira had represented the Bru community in Mizoram Legislative Assembly in nominated seat from 1979 to 1984 when Mizoram was a Union Territory.

No other Bru community member has become a legislator in Mizoram after him.