Exclusive: 'Propaganda To Malign State, Will See Legal Route', Say Sources On Row Over Mizoram Chief Minister's US Speech

The text of Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma's speeches in the US have been on the government's website for the last two months, until some vested interests brought it up and twisted it with a malicious intent, sources told NDTV, adding legal action against them cannot be ruled out

Comments made by Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma at an event in the US in September have been deliberately taken out of context, and video clips of his address have been shared without showing the full context of what he said, top sources in the Mizoram government with direct knowledge of the matter told NDTV.

Some sections with an agenda are trying hard to malign both the Centre and the state government, sources said, adding legal action against them cannot be ruled out.

Mr Lalduhoma visited the US for a week beginning August 30, and addressed the large Mizo community settled in the US on September 2 and 4. Two months later, parts of his speech on the aspiration of the Zo people living in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar to be reunited under India went viral on social media.