Wednesday, July 11, 2012

MZP to conduct head-count of 'foreigners'

Aizawl, Jul 12 : Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) or Mizo Students Federation today decided to conduct census of the population of foreigners in Mizoram, especially Chakmas who, it alleged, illegally migrated to the state, MZP sources said.

At a meeting of its Federal Council at Tlabung, a town in Lunglei district along the Mizoram-Bangladesh border, the MZP also urged the Chakma Autonomous District Council authorities to allow only bona fide residents to settle in the state while implementing resettlement of people displaced by Indo-Bangladesh border fencing.

The student body also decided to take steps to ensure that Mizo couples produce more children better preserve their ethnicity amidst others, the sources said.

The MZP was also of the view that the State Council of Education, Research and Training (SCERT) should produce text books which stressed unity among the ethnic Mizos, the sources said.