NNN
Aizawl, FEBRUARY 28
Main opposition party in the State MNF in its release Saturday said that it is preparing to celebrate the 50th Anniversary/Golden Jubilee (March 1, 1966 - March 1, 2016) of MNF Declaration of Mizoram Independence throughout the year.
A Celebration Committee has been formed in which Tawnluia, Sr. Vice President of the party is the Chairman. The Celebration Committee will organize different programmes for the yearlong Golden Jubilee celebration (March 1, 2016 - March 1, 2017), the party release said, mentioning that the first celebration programme will be held on March 1, 2016 at Vanapa Hall. Lunglei Sub-Hqrs., Saiha District Hqrs. and Hachhek West Blocks will also the same day organize a programme as they have requested, the party release mentioned.
The State Party invites one and all to participate in the Golden Jubilee celebration.
The MNP party, in its release, reminded the people how Mizo National Front (MNF) was founded under the leadership of Laldenga on October 21, 1961 with the objective mainly of bringing all the Mizo descendants under one administration, and recalled how the MNF policy brought all the Mizo descendants not only of Mizoram but of neigbouring States Tripura, Assam and Manipur and of Myanmar and Bangladesh.
It mentioned, among other things, how the MNF leaders had started with non-violence and with the standpoints that the Mizos are the descendants of Mongolian and not of Aryan/Dravidian; how, when the British occupied Mizoram in 1880s, the Mizos were divided in India, E. Pakistan (Bangladesh) and Burma (Myanmar) and, the Mizos were ruled under Chin Hills Regulation 1896 and Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation1873, and how under Govt. of India Act 1935 Mizoram and Nagaland had been declared Excluded Area so that the position of Mizoram not made clear in the India Independence Bill Sec - 7 Sub. Sec – 2; and also the non-inclusion of Mizos as representatives in the Constituent Assembly and Sub Committees.
