Old Tensions Recur in Mizoram: EC to Include Names of Bru Tribals

Mizoram doesn’t want the tribals to be included in the electoral as they fled to Tripura almost two decades back.

An Election Commission decision to conduct a special summary revision of electoral lists in Mizoram has triggered protests and a court case over the inclusion of names of tribals who had fled to neighbouring Tripura almost two decades ago.

Around 31,300 Reang tribals, who locally call themselves “Bru”, have been living in seven makeshift camps in northern Tripura for the past 19 years after they fled following ethnic trouble post the killing of a Mizo forest officer in Mamit district.

An official of the department said:

Following Election Commission instructions, the Mizoram Election Department has published the draft electoral rolls on 15 September and from that date the process of summary revision was started.