Mizo student body urges Centre to take steps for safety of Mizo students in Manipur

Mizoram’s apex student body, Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) on Saturday urged the Centre to take steps for the safety and security of Mizo students in Manipur. The meeting of the organisation expressed concern about the security of Mizo students in the strife-torn Manipur as tension escalated after the killing of 11 Hmar-Mizo tribal people and 8 Meitei civilians recently. It urged the Centre to temporarily attach or transfer Mizoram’s quota (seats) in technical and medical institutions in Manipur to outside the neighbouring state till normalcy returned and the Manipur government put the armed Meitei groups under control.

The organisation also urged the Mizoram government to take steps for the safety and security of Meiteis from Manipur living in the state and also appealed to the Manipuris to take care of themselves.

While expressing disappointment, the MZP blamed the Centre and Manipur government for allegedly delaying the postmortem of the bodies of 10 tribal people at Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH) in Assam as well as handing over the dead bodies to their families.