Bru refugees to be removed from Mizoram voter list

Aizawl:Mizoram Home Minister R Lalzirliana on Wednesday said that those Brus lodged in six relief camps in Tripura, who refuse to return to Mizoram after six months following the next repatriation efforts would be disfranchised as Mizoram voters.
Lalzirliana told media persons that the decision was made at the meeting convened in Delhi on Friday by the Union Home Ministry and attended by represen-tatives of the Mizoram and Tripura governments.
The meeting, chaired by Joint Secretary (NE) of Union Home Ministry Shambhu Singh, decided that the Brus lodged in the relief camps in North Tripura district should be given six month deadline for returni-ng to Mizoram, he said. ”
The names of those who still refuse to be repatriated should be deleted from the Mizoram voters’ lists,” the home minister said, adding that the centre would also stop doling out free ration and the relief camps would also be closed.(PTI)