Next round of talks between Mizoram govt and HPC-D on October 4
Newmai News Network
Aizawl | September 25
The next round of talks between the Government of Mizoram and Hmar People Convention-Democratic (HPC-D) will be held on October 4. However, the Mizoram government has reiterated that it is not possible for the government to concede to the demand of the Hmar outfit.
During the peace talks held on August 10, 2016, the Hmar delegation had reiterated their demand for creation of a separate Autonomous District Council in the Hmar inhabited area in north Mizoram adjoining Manipur. However, Mizoram Home minister R. Lalzirliana strongly asserted today that "conceding of the demand for the creation of Autonomous District Council put forth by the HPC-D is impossible."
The HPC (D) has been demanding a separate Autonomous District Council in the north eastern part of Mizoram under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India and has been indulging in violent activities to press their demands from across the Manipur border.
The peace talks between Mizoram government and HPC (D) was resumed on August 10, three years after a stalemate in 2013.
Earlier, both Mizoram government and the HPC (D) had made several efforts to find amicable solution to the Hmar political imbroglio through negotiations and the last talks held in 2013 fizzled out due to disagreement over the period of extension of Suspension of Operation (SoO).
Meanwhile, according to a Mizoram Post newspaper report, the Mizoram Home Minister had told the media that the ongoing peace dialogue will be "meaningless if the HPC-D continues to demand ADC".
