Aizawl, Jul 26 : Mizoram-based Zo Re-unification Organisation (ZORO) has highly hailed Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla’s statement in favour of the Zoro’s quest for reunification of Mizo or Zo tribes across the region.
''The organisation is extremely pleased by those remarks made in the House by Lal Thanhawla and opposition member Lalduhoma, who said they would not accept any imposed boundary,'' Zoro said in a statement today.
''Zoro is proud to have such political leaders who firmly believe that all the land inhabited by the Mizos belongs to Mizos,'' the statement further said.
Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said in the Assembly yesterday that he had gone as far as Tahan in Myanmar and he firmly believed that 'the land belongs to us'.
The chief minister’s remarks came after a mention of the proposed Indo-Myanmar border fencing by some members of the House during a discussion on demand of Revenue Minister J H Rothuama.
Pointing out that the Mizos had migrated from Myanmar to settle in Mizoram, now a state in India, Lal Thanhawla said large portion of western Myanmar still inhabited by the Mizos is 'our land'.
''We would not accept the imposed international boundary that divides the Mizos. We will oppose the fencing of the international boundary as long as we can,'' the chief minister said.
Earlier on July 7, Zoram Nationalist Party president and Aizawl West-I MLA Lalduhoma said in the Assembly that said the Mizo Peace Accord signed in 1986 neither healed the wounds of Mizoram nor did it fulfill the aspirations of people even after 25 years of signing of the agreement.
Therefore, the Mizos, irrespective of political affiliations, should strive for greater autonomy, including self-determination, in accordance with the United Nations Declaration of Rights For the Indigenous People, Lalduhoma said.
He added that as India was one of the signatories of the UN declaration, the Mizos can take non-violent steps to achieve greater autonomy.
''As India is the land of satyagraha, the Mizos should struggle for the highest autonomy possible,'' he said.
Zoro is an organisation that stands for re-unification of all Zo tribes scattered across the Northeast region, including Myanmar and Bangladesh.
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