The Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF) is an armed outfit of the Reangs and is currently engaged in negotiations with Mizoram government.
It was formed in 1996 following violent clashes between ethnic Mizos and Reang tribesmen in the Mamith sub-division of Mizoram State. The immediate cause of the conflict was the demand for an Autonomous District Council (ADC) by the Bru National Union (BNU), a political organisation of Reangs that was formed in year 1994. The BNU anchored its demand in the presence of a majority of Reangs in the sub-division, and declared that their rights––political, economic and cultural among others––were not justifiably protected under the prevailing political arrangement.
The Reang Democratic Convention Party (RDCP), another Reang organisation, passed a resolution in this regard. This reportedly provoked Mizo organisations like Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) and Young Mizo Association (YMA)––fearing geographical division of Mizoram––to organise violent attacks, in October 1997, on Reang settlements. As a result, approximately 32,000 Reangs were displaced in the conflict and have since been staying in refugee camps in the Kanchanpur sub-division of the neighbouring Tripura State. The outfit’s cadre strength is estimated to be a little over 100.
Should Sindh be a Part of India ?
There are a number of arguments in favor of Sindh joining the Indian union. India is a secular, democratic country which is well-suited to the psyche of the sufi-minded Sindhis. Four months after the creation of Pakistan, 20% of the population of Sindhis was forced to migrate to India when hordes of refugees were encouraged by the Pakistani government to riot in hitherto peaceful Sindhi cities. Many of these Sindhis have settled in India and, after a long arduous struggle, they have prospered. While the diaspora Sindhis no doubt enjoy the moral and legal right of return, it is unlikely that a majority of them would now opt to migrate back to their ancestral homes. Under the circumstances, the unification of Sindh with India would allow the two groups of Sindhis to easily interact and support each other.
Written by Muslim Sindhi - Gul Agha PhD.
Gul Agha is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a faculty affiliate of the UIUC Program in South Asian and Middle-Eastern Studies. He is active in Sindhi-American organizations.
Oh mizoram too...isn't it the state where christians are in majority...but hindu terrorists burn their churches & religious ceremonies quite often...tsk tsk tsk...
The greatest threat to Sindhis is demographic -- up to a quarter of those living in Sindh are Mohajirs, Muslims who migrated from Northern Indian provinces such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The population of areas where they immigrated from continues to increase rapidly while the economic growth of those areas remains stunted. The linguistic, cultural and religious affinity of Mohajirs with their brethren in North India could make Sindh a magnet for further immigration unless Sindh is able to exercise vigorous control of its borders.
The Bodoland State Movement Council has called for bipartite talks between the central government and those agitating for a separate Bodo state within India.
BSMC president S K Bwiswmuthiary said ‘‘meaningful bipartite talks’’ must be held between the central government and the Bodo leaders immediately on the creation of a separate state for the Bodo people through peace negotiations.
Bodo leaders were opposed to involving the Assam government in talks to find a political solution to the issue concerning Bodoland, he said.
Bodo leaders, he said, should concentrate on achieving a separate state for the oldest inhabitants of Assam and not be misled by the Assam government, and urged Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral and Home Minister Indrajit Gupta to ensure enactment of a bill in the winter session of Parliament seeking to create Bodoland as a full-fledged state.
What about the future of Sindh and Pakistan-occupied Baluchistan? Baluchistan is a desert area, though rich in some mineral deposits. The bulk of Baluchi population lives on the border of Sindh and has enjoyed free movement and interchange with the Sindhi people. It is likely that the fate of these two regions is tied together, as it was in older times.
On 27 March 1998, at a Press Conference held at Strand Palace Hotel, London, by Justice International, Commission For Human Rights; Internationally respected Queens Counselor Mr. John Platts Mills with his British Colleague Barrister Sayyad MohiEdddeen, gave a vivid account after their recent visit to Assam on the dire human rights situation there. They expressed their horror of the savagery meted out to the common people by the Police, Paramilitary and the Army. In most of these cases, it has been reported that the law enforcing agencies ignore the legal safeguards against committing atrocities. The army even ignores ruling from the local High Court, putting themselves above the law of the land.
Degradation of humanity at its worst under Indian Authorities in Assam. Tortured to death victims being loaded on to a pyre made of scrap tyres refusing handing over the bodies to their families. They were later on burnt without giving them their last rites.
By gerrymandering the electorate, the colonialists managed the election of a majority in the Sindh Assembly which favored joining Pakistan. The Sindhi vote for Pakistan was also facilitated by the now famous 'Lahore Resolution' passed by the Muslim League -- this resolution promised "autonomy and sovereignty of constituent units" and "protection of religious minorities". Sindhis have strongly resented Pakistan, whose policies since inception have been the very anti-thesis of both these principles.
Assam became a part of the Indian Union only after a tug-of-war between the Congress and Muslim League. Mohammad Ali Jinnah made strong claims for the state’s inclusion in Pakistan but tenacious opposition from the Congress leadership in the state with Mahatma Gandhi’s direct support saved Assam from joining Pakistan.
What Replaces Pakistan ?
Dissolution of Pakistan will largely bring things back into their natural national and ethnic boundaries. The Pushtun areas of Pakistan belong with the newly liberated Afghanistan. Kashmiris in India already enjoy numerous unique protections, e.g. against encroachment by migration from other parts of India. A unified Kashmir will be able to negotiate ways of maintaining its identity in India. Distinct ethnic regions in the Pakistani occupied part of the former kingdom of Kashmir, such as Baltistan and Gilgit, could enjoy greater autonomy.
A successor Pakistani Punjabi state would be far easier to contain. Bounded within plains that are easy to penetrate and police, stripped of 80% of the resources now consumed by its military, it would be far less menacing. Ironically, freed of its militaristic pretensions, it could enjoy greater economic growth and prosperity in the long run by embracing a more peaceful ideology.
The People’s War Group (PWG) was a Maoist terrorist organization that operated in India for over two decades. PWG, which was based in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, and Bihar, aimed to create a communist state encompassing these three areas. Following Mao Tse Tung’s model of an organized peasant insurgency, PWG waged a terrorist offensive throughout the rural state of Andhra Pradesh, as well as Orissa and Bihar. According to local Indian police, PWG’s violent insurgency killed an average of 60 civilians, 60 PWG rebels, and a dozen police officers each year during their active period.
The Bengal Liberation Army is an organisation working towards the creation of an independant West Bengal, a separate homeland for the Bengali Hindus. The objectives and demands of the BLA include the following:
The restoration of a sovereign and independant West Bengal, as has existed for several centuries prior to the advent of the British.
The holding of a plebiscite in West Bengal to determine whether the Bengali people wish to remain within the Indian Union under a distant and non-caring Indian Union or not. The Bengali people were not asked whether they wished to join the Indian Union in 1947; it is hence imperative that this long overdue plebiscite be conducted now.
The setting up of a Bengali parliament and the holding of elections in West Bengal to determine the leaders of independant West Bengal.
*]The cessation of the incredible looting and pillaging of West Bengal by the corrupt and criminal New Delhi government. This can only be achieved by means of the establishment of an independant West Bengal in control of its own financial resources.
source: http://west_bengal.tripod.com/
