Aizawl: The Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) has reiterated its opposition to marriages between Mizo women and non-Mizo men, urging political parties not to field candidates married to non-Mizo men in future elections.
The issue was discussed at the 655th executive meeting of the MZP General Headquarters in Aizawl on August 27, chaired by MZP president Dr C. Lalremruata.
The student body said it would continue observing September 2 as an awareness day against marriage to non-Mizos, a campaign it has conducted since 2015. It also plans to organise awareness programmes in schools as part of the observance.
The MZP said it had made a similar appeal to political parties ahead of the 2023 Mizoram Assembly elections, asking them not to nominate candidates married to non-Mizo men. According to the organisation, one party disregarded the appeal and fielded such a candidate, prompting the MZP to organise a road blockade in Aizawl.
The organisation said its position remained unchanged and urged political parties to refrain from fielding such candidates in future elections.
The MZP also criticised a Mizo woman who, according to the organisation, has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Mizo Marriage and Inheritance of Property Act, 2026 after marrying a non-Mizo man.
It called for strict implementation of the amended law and demanded measures to prevent what it described as descendants of non-Mizos from claiming Scheduled Tribe (ST) benefits.
MZP lists wider concerns
The executive meeting also finalised the agenda for the 61st MZP Federal Council, scheduled for August 31.
Other issues on the agenda include strengthening drug-awareness campaigns among students, protecting Mizoram’s boundaries, increasing bus services for government colleges, and examining the impact of the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project.
The organisation will also discuss career and nationalism campaigns, additional computer-based test (CBT) examination centres in Mizoram, stricter Inner Line Permit (ILP) checks at entry points, and the inclusion of Mizo history and accurate Mizo-language content in school textbooks.
The MZP also reiterated its position on Tlabung, maintaining that the town has historically been a Mizo settlement and rejecting claims that it was an ancient Chakma settlement.
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