Amit Shah to inaugurate new Assam Rifles complex in Mizoram on March 17
The Hindu
Amit Shah will inaugurate the Assam Rifles complex at Zokhawsang near Aizawl, CM Zoramthanga said
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate a new complex of Assam Rifles (AR) in Mizoram on March 17, Chief Minister Zoramthanga said on February 28.
Mr. Shah will inaugurate the AR complex at Zokhawsang near Aizawl, the CM told reporters.
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Relocation of the Assam Rifles camp from the heart of Aizawl to Zokhawsang, around 15 km from the city, was among the top agendas of ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) in the last Assembly polls held in November 2018.
In February 2019, the Union Home Ministry had directed the Assam Rifles to shift its battalion headquarters to Zokhawsang by May 31 of that year.
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The country’s oldest paramilitary force has two Assam Rifles bases in Zodin and Khatla in the heart of the city. The one at Zodin is being shifted to Zokhawsang.
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