Election boycott/ bandh aia pawimawh zawk tihtur a awm e

1. Tripura relief camps a awm Bru voters te tana special polling booths Mizoram - Tripura ramri hrula siam chungchangah Mizoram NGO Coordination Committee chuan tun Lok Sabha election tihsukukna tumna ni awm takin, inthlanni (8th April, 2019) aṭanga tiam chin awm lova Mizoram pumpuia total bandh huaihawt an tum thu kan lo hria a. He thu-ah hi chuan ECI hi a dik lo hul hual a; Mizoram sawrkar leh NGO te hm^-a an lo intiamkam tawhna thuziak pawh zah zo lovin, an bawhchhiat vawihnihna a ni ta. Hei vang hian NGO Coordination Committee-in an lungawi lohna a theih ang anga lantir an tumna hi chu thiamloh rual an ni lo. Hetihlai hian Mizoram NGO Coordination Committee chuan Mizoram pumpuia total bandh huaihawt an tum chu an ṭhulh leh ta tho a.

2. Mahse, hetiang hun pawimawh b$kah hian ram huapa thil kan ti dawn a nih chuan, a nghawng tur hi thiam tak leh ngun taka chh<t a ngai a; mahni intih>k (self-destruct) z^wnga hma kan l^k loh n^n. NGO Cord Committee bandh neih tum kha Mizoram pumpuiah lo hlawhtling ta lo se, “Chakma leh Bru voters te hian kan Mizoram MP neih chhun hi min lo thlansak mai rawh se”, kan tihna tluk a ni thei mai ang em? BJP candidate, Chakma pa t^n hian phu loh vanneihna (windfall) kan siamsak palh thei ang em, tih thlengin ngaihtuah a ngai.

3. Democracy hmanga ro in rel kan nih avangin, d^n z<l zuia thil tih hi a fing ber fo. ECI pawh hi India constitution hnuaia din, a thiltihtheihna pawh d^nin a p>k chin chauh a ni tih hi theihnghilh lo ila. D^n kalh emaw, d^n p^wnah emaw thil a ti a nih chuan, court-ah khin mai hi a dikin a fin thl^k ber ang. Hman lawka State Assembly election kan neih hma chiah kh^n, Kolasib DC-cum-ERO in Tripura camps a awm Bru engemaw zat electoral roll-a a thun thar chunch^ngah Kolasib NGO te kha High Court-ah an kal tawh a. Inthlan zawh hnu hian kan bawhzui ta mang lo nge, tun thlengin court thu tl<kna kan la hre zui lova.

4. Tuna ka sawi duh ber chu: Tripura camps a Bru voters ten vote an thl^kna hmun hi chuti takin a pawimawh lova; h>ngho, Mizorama kum 20 chuang khawsa tawh lo te (Tripura state a piangte pawh an ni ta ve ang) Mizoram electoral roll aṭanga paih vek hi a pawimawh z^wk chu a ni. ECI hian uch<ak tak leh, d^n tlawhchhan pawh nei lovin, electoral roll a hming ziahluh theihna d^n dinglai-in a phal b^k duhsakna order chu Tripura camps a awm Brute t^n bik liau liau a siam a. He order hi d^n tlawhchhan nei lo a nih avang leh dan ding lai kal p>l a nih avangin High Court-ah a khin thl^k theih ngei a rinawm. Hemi chungch^ng hi chanchinbu-ah te pawh ka ziak fo tawh a. Kolasib NGO te advocate hnenah pawh hei hi an case kal laiah khan telh ngei turin ka rawn a. CYMA hotute hnenah pawh vawi engemaw z^t thurawn ka pe bawk. He ECI order dik lo leh uchuak tak hi court-in a paih theihna turin beihpui thl^k hi thil ṭul leh a kawnghmang ber chu niin ka hria. Hei hi thil harsa a nih pawh ka ring lo. Kum 2004 daih tawha ECI notification hi a Sap ṭawng hian lo en mai ila:

“No. 3/Miz/2004: Whereas, a number of electors of Mizoram Parliamentary Constituency in the State of Mizoram had migrated because of compelling circumstances and have been temporarily residing in various transit camps in the state of Tripura, outside their place of ordinary residence; and Whereas, the ECI, having regard to the right of franchise of such migrant electors, directed that these migrants shall continue to be treated as ordinarily residents of their respective places, for inclusion/ retention of their names in the electoral roll of the concerned constituency, despite the temporary migration, and as such their names were allowed to be included in the electoral rolls of the relevant Assembly Constituencies in the state of Mizoram as summarily revised with reference to 01-01-2004 as the qualifying date.

Now, therefore, the ECI, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (c) of Section 60 of the RP Act, 1951, and in consultation with the Central Govt vide the Ministry of Law and Justice, Legislative Deptt’s letter No. H.11019(2)/2004-Leg.II dated 5th March, 2004, hereby notifies the aforementioned migrant electors enrolled in any of the assembly segments of Mizoram Parliamentary Constituency and who are presently residing in various transit camps in the state of Tripura outside their place of residence, as the notified class of persons to the purpose of their voting as the poll in the General Election to the House of the People, 2004 to be held from the Mizoram Parliamentary Constituency in the state of Mizoram, by postal ballot and postal ballot alone, subject to fulfillment of the requirements specified in the rules made under the said Act.”

5. A b$k takin, ‘Tripura camp a Bru awmte chu Mizorama khawsa pangngai (ordinarily resident) anga ngaih an ni ang’ an tih hian engmah d^n tlawhchhan a nei lova, ECI thuneihna tur pawh a ni hek lo. Tin, “rei lo t> an p>m bo chhungin” (despite their temporary migration) tih pawh hi hemi order an siam lai khan kum 7 zet an p>m bo tawh a, tunah phei chuan kum 20 chuang a lo ni ta a; ECI hian ‘temporary migration’ an ti fan reng mai hi a dik thei dawn em ni? India ram chhungah hian chi leh chi intihbuaina (communal violence) hi a awm deuh reng a; h>ng avang hian mi tam tak a sing a sing t>lin state pakhat aṭangin state dangah an tl^nchhe fova. Hetiang thilah hian ECI leh India sawrkar pawh hian tumah hetiangin an umzuiin, kir leh turin an thl>m emaw, electoral roll-a an hming dahzui z>l dan tur thlenga special order an siam hi kan hre ngai lo. ECI leh India sawrkar hian Tripura camp-a Bru awmte hi (anmahni puala Mizoram chhunga Autonomous Dist Council an kherh n^na inthiarchhuak a nih ber thu chu thudang ni se) international refugee ang hrima an duat b$k ta mai hi hriat thiam a harsa a ni.

6. ECI hian an order para 3 ah khian clause (c) of section 60 of RP Act, 1951 hmangin heng Bru voter te hi “notified class of voters’ ah a puang a; mahse hei hi chu ‘postal ballot’ hmanga an vote theihna tur chauh a ni a; electoral roll-a hming thun reng lam a hawi lo. Hei hian a b$ka ‘polling booth’ siamsak lam a huam tel hauh lo bawk.

7. Tin, Bru (Reang) hote hi Mizoram khua leh tui (native inhabitant) an ni ngai lo. Kum 1944 khan Mr MacDonald, Suptd of Lushai Hills chuan Mizorama khawthlang Lal pariat te chu Bawrhsap order kalha Bru chhiah khua an ram chhunga an lo dintir avangin Rs. 200

ṭheuh a chawitir a, kum 1945 ral hma ngeiin chung Bru khua te chu titawp turin thu a pe nghe nghe a ni. India independence hnu a chhiarpui hmasa ber (1951) pawh khan Mizorama Bru awmz^t chu 51 chauh a ni. Ch<ng mite chu inthlahpun dan pangngai (25% decadal growth rate) chuan tunah hian mi 200 vel chauh an la ni thei ang. Hei vang hian tuna Tripura camp-a la awm (rawn haw ve duh si lote) z$nga vote nei z^t 12,080 lai an la awm thu tunhnai chanchinbu-a a lang kha a mak ka ti a. H>ngte hi Mizoram aṭanga p>m chhuak dik tak an nih vek a rinawm lo khawp mai.

Hei vang tak pawh hian, Mizorama kum 20 chuang awm tawh lo leh, Mizoram leilung pawh la rap ngai lote hi chu Mizoram electoral roll aṭanga paih vek tura hma l^k tak tak a hun ta a ni lo’m ni?

Lalthara, IAS (Rtd), Kohima