Mizoram's Zoramthanga warns of Neda pull-out over citizen bill

Mizoram chief minister and Mizo National Front (MNF) president Zoramthanga on Thursday said his government and party would not hesitate to spearhead an agitation against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, or pull out of the BJP-led North East Democratic Alliance (Neda).
Zoramthanga’s comment comes a day after Zoram Nationalist Party president and Zoram People’s Movement leader Lalduhoma said the MNF should cut off ties with the BJP and pull out of Neda to show solidarity with the people of Mizoram against the bill.
“The government is vehemently opposed to the passage of the bill. We would like to spearhead an agitation against the bill and will not hesitate in pulling out of Neda, if necessary,” Zoramthanga said at a function at Aibawk village, 28km south of Aizawl.
He said he was opposed to the bill and had made massive efforts to get it scrapped.
He said he had raised the matter before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi last week. “I told the Prime Minister and the home minister that the people of Mizoram were vehemently opposed to the bill. We are also opposed to the bill to honour the Mizoram Accord which gives special protection to the people of the state within the framework of the Constitution,” he said.

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