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Ex-MNF fighters tell Mizoram CM to quit over peace accord remarks
Two associations of former Mizo National Front fighters have demanded Chief Minister Lalduhoma step down, accusing him of misrepresenting the 1986 peace accord and the Inner Line Permit system. At a press…
The Story in Brief
Two associations of former Mizo National Front fighters have demanded Chief Minister Lalduhoma step down, accusing him of misrepresenting the 1986 peace accord and the Inner Line Permit system. At a press conference on Saturday, Vanlalbia, chairman of the Coordination Committee on Ex-Mizo National Army and the Peace Accord MNF Returnees Association, said Lalduhoma’s remarks belittled hard-won safeguards secured through sacrifice.
India Today reports that Lalduhoma, while addressing students at Mizoram Law College on July 31, allegedly called the accord a 'memorandum of understanding' and said the term 'Mizoram Accord' was inaccurate. Vanlalbia insisted the document was signed by MNF chief Laldenga, the Union home secretary, and Mizoram's chief secretary. The ex-fighters also objected to the chief minister's claim that the Centre could alter the ILP without state consent, citing clause 8 of the accord.
The Indian Opinion
Ex-fighters calling a chief minister a traitor to his own state's safeguards grabs attention, but the real story is the gap between legal text and political spin. Lalduhoma technically said the Centre must consult the state, not seek its consent, a fine point that his opponents are painting as surrender. The coming debate in the Mizoram assembly over clause 8 of the accord will settle whether this is a genuine row over facts or a political score-settling dressed up in sacrifice rhetoric.
Source: indiatoday.in
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