Mizoram CM meets Rajnath, discusses Bru problem

Aizawl: Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla has told Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh that the latest demands of the Bru leaders lodged in the six relief camps in Tripura would not be considered by his government, an official statement on Wednesday said.

 Lal Thanhawla met Singh in Delhi on Tuesday and said that if the Centre accepts the new demands of the Bru leaders, those who had returned to Mizoram should also benefit. Thanhawla informed the Centre that the state government pleaded with the Brus not to leave Mizoram during the communal tension in 1997 and efforts were made repeatedly to bring the bona fide Mizoram residents to return. He added that the selfish leaders benefited by remaining in the camps and threatened those who wanted to be repatriated.  (PTI)