Myanmar rebel groups merge in Mizoram in presence of CM Lalduhoma

Two Myanmarese rebel groups have merged in Mizoram in the presence of Chief Minister Lalduhoma.

The development comes at a time when the Myanmarese Civil War has entered the fifth year. In February 2021, Myanmarese military overthrew the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and established a military government. The country has since been in the grips of a civil war that has killed around at least 52,000 people, according to an analysis by the US Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DM).

Hindustan Times reported people aware of the developments as saying that Myanmar’s Chinland Council (CC) and the Interim Chin National Consultative Council (ICNCC) signed a merger agreement in the presence of Lalduhoma in Aizawl on February 26.

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The idea behind the merger was to cease hostilities among themselves and mount united resistance to Myanmar’s military regime.

Jacob V Zawma, a steering committee member of CC and coordinator of the negotiating team, told the newspaper that having two bodies from the Chin community was “counterproductive” and that’s why the two groups merged.

Following the merger, the two groups are now known as Chin National Council (CNC), rebel groups and the CM’s Office confirmed to HT.

Mizoram MLA Lalmuanpuia Punte, who is a political adviser Lalduhoma, told HT that the chief minister made efforts to unite the two Chin armed groups at a request from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

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“Security threat on Indian side of Mizoram looms if political situation in Chin state is unstable, uniting factions of the Chin armed forces has been for long in our radar, unified, I believe the Chin resistance will reach new heights in deposing the military rule,” Punte told the newspaper.

Mizoram has a long border with Myanmar and hosts thousands of persons displaced from the civil war in the country. Reports say that more than 30,000 Myanmarese are sheltering in the state since the beginning of the war, including pro-democracy activists and politicians.

Zawma told HT the rebels have seized around 80 per cent of Chinland from the military regime, including the town of Rihkhawdar along the border with India and major towns of Tedim, Falam, and Thantlang.