Mizo Students Body on Racial Discrimination, Sexual Assault

Aizawl, Dec 20 : Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), Mizoram’s most influential students' body has urged Mizo MP-duo C L Ruala and Lalhmingliana to voice the issue of sexual abuses like rape, molestation and racism in the Parliament, faced by many students and employees from the north eastern states in New Delhi.

The Mizo students' body at the same time also asked Mizoram chief minister Lal Thanhawla to take steps for the safety of North East students in New Delhi.

In its press release MZP states, “Thousands of students from the seven sisters (North East) in their aim to have better education had gone to other parts of the country especially in New Delhi but it is pain to learn that many of them are facing discrimination and harasments meted out by the mainland people."

The Mizo students' body also said, “Thousands of educated girls from Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh who had come to work in Call Centers and IT sectors in metros are facing racial discrimination and sexual assault.

They live in small groups, and are often alone, which becomes a soft target for harassment in their residences and workplaces".