Amid lockdown, Tripura Groups Protest Bru Settlement

  • Amid the COVID-19 lockdown, two community-specific groups have renewed their opposition to the permanent settlement of Bru refugees from Mizoram in Tripura.
  • A joint team of Nagarik Suraksha Mancha, mostly representing Bengali people displaced from erstwhile East Pakistan post-partition in 1947, and the Mizo Convention on May 2 submitted a memorandum to Tripura Chief Minister protesting the proposed settlement of the displaced Brus- also called Reangs- in Kanchanpur Sub-Division of North Tripura district.

Highlights of the Dispute

  • Northern Tripura has a sizeable Mizo population concentrated in the Kanchanpur sub-division’s Jampui Hill area.
  • More than 40,000 Brus –– have been living in ....
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