Bru Refugees

Mizoram Vidhan Sabha polls: From anti-incumbency to alcohol ban, a number of factors thwart Congress' bid to retain power

Congress is battling the tide of history. Ever since Mizoram became a full-fledged state in 1987, the grand old party and the Mizo National Front, have taken turns ruling it.

Bru community: Mizoram's tribals who fled to Tripura 21 years ago over ethnic strife are struggling in refugee camps

The over 30,000 tribals now lodged in refugee camps in Tripura for over 21 years, demanded setting up of polling stations near them so that they could cast their votes. However, the Mizoram government wants them to travel to Mizoram and exercise their franchise.

Mizoram Vidhan Sabha polls: Authorities to connect all polling booths with wireless communication, eliminate no network zones

Till the last election in 2014 for the Lok Sabha, not all areas in Mizoram were connected through wireless technology and there was a delay in receiving information from far-flung booths

Mizoram Vidhan Sabha election: BJP and MNF keep distance ahead of polls, but bank on each other to oust Congress

The BJP’s ploy to bring the MNF, Mizo Zirlai Pawl and other ethnic groups under one umbrella might finally pay dividend

Mizoram Assembly election: Bru refugees residing in Tripura to vote in Mamit district, says EC official

The place of voting for 11,232 Bru voters has become the most controversial issue in the run-up to the Mizoram Assembly polls, leading to replacement of the Chief Electoral Officer SB Shashank in less than two weeks ahead of the elections to the 40-member House. Shashank had reportedly facilitated voting by Bru voters in the relief camps in Tripura.

Mizoram polls: 32 rehabilitated Bru refugee families can cast votes in upcoming election, says MHA

The Bru people from Mizoram have been living in six relief camps in Tripura since they fled Mizoram in 1997 following ethnic clashes.

Mizoram polls: EC team to hold talks with govt officials, leaders over protests demanding removal of election official SB Shashank

The team, led by Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain, would be visiting the state two days after Chief Electoral Officer SB Shashank was summoned to Delhi by the EC, following a massive agitation for his ouster by NGO Coordination Committee - a conglomerate of civil societies and student organisations.

Mizoram Assembly election 2018: Political parties urged to keep away from Bru relief camps for poll campaigns

R Laldawngliana, vice president of MBDPF, said Bru community members were not keen on attending public meetings by parties from Mizoram.

Mizoram polls: NGOs stage protests, demand removal of election official over status of Bru refugee voters; threaten armed rebellion

Thousands of protesters gathered near Chief Election Officer SB Sashank’s office in Aizawl demanding his removal after he accused the Mizoram government of meddling in the upcoming Assembly elections, scheduled to take place on 28 November

Don't allow Bru refugees to vote in relief camps: Lal Thanhawla

The chief minister said that if the Bru voters wanted to exercise their franchise, they should cast their votes inside Mizoram, not in the relief camps through postal ballots.