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Aizawl: The Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF) has demanded the creation of a separate Autonomous District Council and reservation of Five seats for the Bru community in the mizoram assembly, BNLF sources said here saturday.

(This article was posted on ‘Times of India’ website on September 8, 2001, just for your information only)

on The BNLF, which submitted a ten-point Charter of demands during talks with the Mizoram Government here Friday, has demanded creation of an autonomous district council comprising the north-western belt of the state, adjoining tripura.

The outfit also demanded that five assembly seats be reserved for them. Demanding repatriation of all the brus/reangs now lodged in six camps in North Tripura, the BNLF representatives said they should be resettled in large villages, of not less than 160 households, for security reasons.

The BNLF delegation, led by its ‘Home Secretary’ Zaithanga Apeto, demanded establishment of hostels for Bru students by the state government in New Delhi and other big cities in the country. Official sources said Friday’s talks were held in a cordial atmosphere and both the parties agreed to resume the parleys in the second week of november.

Mizoram government delegates, led by Chief Secretary V Lalringa, urged BNLF representatives to come overground and cease violent activities to ensure a conducive atmosphere for talks and repatriation of Brus/Reangs from neighbouring Tripura.

Source: Times of India | Who are Brus?