The Young Chakma Association (YCA) and village council presidents of five villages accused the central committee of the Young Lai Association (YLA) of harassing innocent people in Lawngtlai district in the name of checking citizenship documents.
The Young Lai Association is the biggest NGO in the Lawngtlai district. 
In a letter addressed to the Lawngtlai deputy commissioner, the YCA and the council leaders alleged that the checking is being carried in Lai Autonomous District Council in the name of Local Area Population Census 2019. The YLA of Lawngtlai district started carrying out a census in late May. 

The YLA had decided to carry out the census as they believed that there was a spurt in the Chakma population in the district.
The Chakma youth and village council representatives sought the immediate intervention of the deputy commissioner to end the ongoing population census being carried out by the YLA.
They said such action was akin to head counting of the Chakmas which they believe is “unconstitutional” and declared illegal by the Mizoram government before the National Human Rights Commission.