The Bru tribe is originally from Mizoram. Most of these families were settled in Mamit and Kolasib districts. In early 1995, infighting broke out between the Bru Reang and the majority Mizo community. In 1996 riots broke out in Mizoram. The people of Mizoram considered them as outsiders.
I cannot tell you how happy the people of our Bru tribe are today. We cannot express our happiness in words. We all had to live like a refugee in our own country for the last 26 years. We suffered a lot, but we fought continuously. Now we will be able to vote as an Indian. Now we will also be able to vote in every election. Saying this, Bruno Massa, general secretary of the Mizoram Bru Displaced People Forum, got emotional. He said, the amount of thanks we can give to the state and central government for this is less.
This time got the right to vote in the Tripura assembly elections after a long struggle of 26 years. The people who came to vote were looking very excited. It is noteworthy that the people of Bru tribe had to leave Mizoram after ethnic violence in 1997 and took refuge in Tripura. On Thursday, a large number of people from the Bru tribe took part in the voting. Masa says, at present around 7000 families of our tribe live in four districts of the state. About 14 thousand votes are ours. We are very happy to have got this right. At present there are about 7000 families of our tribe living in four districts of the state. About 14 thousand votes are ours. We are very happy to have got this right.
Why did the Bru tribe people have to be homeless
The Bru tribe is originally from Mizoram. among these Most of the families were settled in Mamit and Kolasib districts. In early 1995, infighting broke out between the Bru Reang and the majority Mizo community. In 1996 riots broke out in Mizoram. The people of Mizoram considered them as outsiders. Violent clashes in 1997 forced thousands of people to flee their homes in Mizoram.
259 candidates including 31 women are in fray
Tripura’s 60-member House to be elected, including 31 women. A total of 259 candidates are in the fray, and the ruling BJP has fielded the maximum number of 55 candidates, followed by CPI-M (43), Tipra Motha Party (42), Trinamool Congress (28), and Congress 13. Apart from these, 58 independent candidates and 14 candidates from various smaller parties are also contesting the elections.