Aizawl, Apr 16 : The Hmar community, living in the Mizoram-Manipur border areas today asked Mizoram government to initiate peace talks with the Manipur-based underground Hmar People's Convention-Democrat (HPC-D) for a lasting solution to Hmar insurgency problem.
A press statement issued by the Sinlung Hills Area Village Council Co-ordination Committee said the Hmar community living in the area adjoining Manipur border have been facing extreme hardships due to insurgency for years.
HPC-D was formed in the wake of the surrender of Hmar People's Convention (HPC) cadre along with arms to the state government in 1997 by Lalhmingthang Sinate, the then Assistant General Secretary of the outfit.
The HPC started an armed insurrection in 1989 demanding a separate autonomous district council for the Hmar community by slicing the north-eastern part of Mizoram.
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