Over 2,000 Bru voters removed from Mizoram electoral roll

Bru voters, who resettled in Tripura after not returning to Mizoram during repatriations, were electors of nine Assembly constituencies in three districts of Mizoram, officials said

The names of more than 2,000 Bru voters have been deleted from the electoral roll of Mizoram following their enrolment in neighbouring Tripura’s voter list, an election official said.

Mizoram Joint Chief Electoral Officer David Liansanglura Pachuau said the State election department has received the deletion request of over 3,000 names from its Tripura counterpart so far.

Of this, the names of 2,091 Bru voters have been removed from Mizoram’s voter list to date and deletion of the remaining voters is underway, he said.

The official said the Bru voters, who resettled in Tripura after not returning to Mizoram during repatriations, were electors of nine Assembly constituencies in three districts of Mizoram.

Among the disenfranchised Bru voters, 1,643 hailed from Mamit, 187 from Kolasib and 262 from Lunglei district, he said.

He said the deletion was done as per the requests sent by the Tripura election department through Electoral Roll Officer Net (ERONet).

Mr. Pachuau said they have requested their counterparts in Tripura to expedite enrolment of the Bru voters in the State’s voter list as Mizoram is due for Assembly election next year.