This day marks the laying down of arms by the MNF and signing of the Peace Accord in 1986 between the MNF and the Centre.
At the MNF party headquarters, Zoramthanga, warned the people to be careful of Vai (Indian) nationalism. “Our God-given peace has to be protected and defended and this can only be done by being guarded and vigilant against Vai nationalism,” he said in his address to the party workers.
He said though it was a historical day for the Mizo people, the Congress was not interested in celebrating this great day with respect.
The ruling Congress, however, has earmarked jobs for the families of MNF returnees and families of so called martyrs who died for the cause.
Manhunt
Two days after a vicious highway murder, a state-wide hunt is on for five absconding persons, allegedly involved in the murder of a truck driver and the assault of his handyman on the Lunglei-Aizawl highway.
The culprits also hijacked the truck, which was ferrying FCI rice.
Aizawl SP L.R. Dingliana said a driver from Karimganj, H. Uddin, was found dead on the highway near Hmuifang, in the wee hours of June 29, while his severely injured handyman, Amir Uddin, was brought to a nearby PHC by a passerby. The victim said one of the five passengers had taken the wheel and was speeding, incurring cautionary words from the driver.
This started an argument and the truck driver feared the worst. The truck driver jumped off the vehicle, and reported the matter to the nearest police station, Sialsuk.
The second driver and the handyman, however, could not escape and were found on the outskirts of Hmuifang, the former dead with a slit throat and handyman stabbed but still alive. According to their statements, not all among the five are from the locality.