MZP Strongly Objects To OBC For Gorkhas in Mizoram

Aizawl, Sep 2 : Even as the state government decided to grant OBC status to the Gorkhas in Mizoram, the Mizo Zirlai Pawl, the state's apex students body, has reiterated its strong objection.

MZP has strongly condemned the Permanent Body's decision to give OBC status to the Gorkhas.

MZP will fight to the end to ensure that this decision does not materialize, the students body said in statement.

The MZP's statement came after the Permanent Body, set up in accordance with the directions of the Supreme Court, has taken a decision to this effect.

The decision is yet to be sent to the higher authority in the Centre for finalization.

Saying that the decision to give OBC status to Gorkhas could be detrimental to the social security of the Mizos, the MZP appealed to all NGOs and political parties to be up in arms against it.

The MZP planned to convene a meeting of all parties and NGOs soon to discuss the issue. The Young Mizo Association is also very likely to oppose the same.

The Permanent Body's decision was high on the agenda of central committee of the state's most powerful organisation's meeting today.

The two organisations, who had earlier voiced their objections to grant OBC status to Mizoram's Gorkhas, feared that it would cause demographic invasion to the Mizos.