Proposed MZP bandh put off in Mizoram Aizawl, July 21 (PTI): Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), the apex Mizo students body, has put off its proposed indefinite bandh after reaching an agreement with the state government that no Chakma students would be admitted in medical colleges under Mizoram quota. The MZP had given a call for a state-wide indefinite bandh from today until the state government cancelled the counselling for the Chakma students selected to study medicine. According to the agreement, 11 students of the Mizo community would be sent to three medical colleges to study MBBS and BDS, and the counselling for the selected candidates, which included four Chakma students, was cancelled, a press release issued by the MZP said. The police had yesterday dispersed agitating students by using baton and teargas in Aizawl, leaving several students injured. The students had protested after four students belonging to the Chakma community had entered the venue of the counselling, under police escort. Centre blames Mamata for Darjeeling unrest New Delhi, July 21 (PTI): The government today blamed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the unrest in Darjeeling, saying her attitude and handling of the issue had "set the quiet hills on fire". Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar told the Lok Sabha that tri-partite talks involving the Centre, the state and the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) can be held only after peace has been restored in the region. He made the statement after Mohammed Salim (CPI-M) raised the issue in the Zero Hour, accusing Banerjee of trying to impose her will on language and other governance affairs on the people in the hilly region. "You cannot declare a war on the people," he said, adding that the state's food minister had threatened to stop supply of essential provisions to Darjeeling if the protests continued. The central government cannot remain quiet, he said, asking it to call a tri-partite meeting. "You must tell the chief minister to work as per the Constitution," he told the Centre. Members of the Trinamool Congress, which is in power in the state, were not in the House. Kumar said the situation in Darjeeling was getting more serious.
