Can't Be Indifferent To Myanmar Refugees: Mizoram Chief Minister To Centre

Though the MNF is a part of the BJP-led North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), it does not have an alliance with the BJP in the state.

Urging the Centre to review its order to four Myanmar-bordering northeastern states including Mizoram to prevent illegal immigration from the neighbouring country and ensure expeditious deportation, Chief Minister Zoramthanga has asserted that the people of his state, who share ethnic ties with the refugees from Chin communities, can't remain indifferent to their plight. The Mizo National Front (MNF) chief, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 18, requested him to personally intervene in the matter to provide asylum to the political refugees on humanitarian grounds, an official at the Chief Minister''s Office said on Saturday. He said the MHA's March 10 advisory to Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur was not acceptable to his state. Though the MNF is a part of the BJP-led North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), it does not have an alliance with the BJP in the state.