Breaking News: The Official website of Chakma ADC has been suspended

The Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) was established on 29th April in 1972 Under the Sixth Schedule of The Constitution of India. The CADC failed to maintained the account and has been suspended. The website was launched on last November 24, 2014, by the Information & the Public Relation Department of CADC. The Official website of CADC is www.cadc.gov.in.

Chakmas in Mizoram protest against discriminatory rules

Kamalanagar: More than one thousand people from all walks of life from Kamalanagar and nearby villages joined the Peace Procession called by Chakma National Council of India (CNCI), Mizoram State Committee in collaboration with all Political Parties and NGOs at Kamalanagar on 10th April, 2015 to demonstrate protest against the making of amendment of the Mizoram (Selection of candidates for Higher & Technical Courses) Rules, 1999 resultant of which the prospect to avail the facilities of pursuing technical education under Reserved Quota System shall stand curtailed totally for the Chakmas and other ethnic and religious minorities of the State.

Addressing the demonstrators Shri Rasik Mohan Chakma, President, CNCI, Mizoram State thanks them for huge and spontaneous support to the cause. He expressed that it is unfortunate in a civilized country like India, by a democratically elected government a rule to directly discriminate a Section of Citizen of the country is made. If any reservation is to be made it should be according to benign essence of our Constitution which provides for positive discrimination for the disadvantage group to give them a fair treatment because of their disadvantage status, he stressed. Elaborating his statement he pointed out that the Article 15(4) of the Constitution of India provides that “Nothing in this article (Article 15(1)) or in clause (2) or article (29) shall prevent the state from making any special provision for the advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribes”. He further stressed that the amendment is a upright breach of article (9) of the 1986 Mizoram Peace Accord which provides that “The rights and Privileges of the minorities in Mizoram as envisaged in the Constitution, shall continue to be preserved and protected and their social and economic advancement shall be ensured.” He urged upon the govt. of Mizoram, headed by Pu Lal Thanhawla to roll back its decision and make another amendment of the Mizoram (Selection of Candidates for Higher & Technical Courses) Rules, 1999 by inserting the provision of reservation of 20% Seats for the Chakmas and Brus out of the reserved quota in technical courses.

Shri Rupayan Chakma, President, MCSU and Shri Molin Kumar Chakma, Vice-President, CYCA also addressed the gathering and condemned the Mizoram Govt. in strong words for making racial discrimination in the matter of amendment of the rule targeting the Chakmas and Brus who are most backward and only ethnic & religious minority of the state. They pledged to continue the movement until positive solution is made. Both the speakers termed the amendment as illegal, unconstitutional and provocative to disrupt communal harmony in the state. They thanked the demonstrators and appealed for full support and cooperation in the movement.

The procession in token of expressing anguish and protest burnt thousands copies of amendment rules in front of SDO ( C ) Office, Chawngte and ended on submission of a Memorandum to the Chief Minister, Mizoram through the SDO (C ) Chawngte demanding immediate roll back of Govt’s decision and also making another amendment of the rules by inserting the provision of 20% reservation for the Chakmas and Brus out of the Reserved Quota of Seats in the Technical Courses. 

Chakma civil bodies and political parties condemn Mizoram govt action

Aizawl (Mizo News Staff ), April 8: The Chakma National Council of India (CNCI), Mizoram State Committee convened a meeting of representatives of all Political Parties, NGOs and MDCs in CADC on the 7th April, 2015 at Kamalanagar to discuss on the recent Amendment of the Mizoram (Selection of Candidates for Higher & Technical courses) Rules, 1999 made by the State Government of Mizoram.
Rasik Mohan Chakma, President, CNCI Mizoram State Committee, who presided over the meeting while placing the agenda for discussion stated that the recent amendment of the rules particularly the explanation clause on the term ‘Local Permanent Residents’ and ‘indigenous’ is the outcome of the agreement made between the MZP and the Government of Mizoram on 25th September, 2014 and subsequently called off the protest by MZP following the ‘Agreement’. In the recent amendment of the explanation clause of Rule 5, with the insertion of “Zo-ethnic people who are native inhabitants” in place of “indigenous people of the state of Mizoram” henceforth the selection of candidates for Higher & Technical courses against the reserved quota of seat shall be made on ethnic line not on merit, he stated. He called upon the representatives of NGOs, Political Parties and the MDCs to place their opinion and suggestion on the issue.
In addition to representatives of NGOs and Political Parties, Shri Pulin Bayan Chakma, Shri Adi Kanta Tongchangya, Kali Kumar Tongchangya and Alak Bikash Chakma partook in the discussion and deliberation in the meeting.
The meeting in unison condemned the decision of the Government of Mizoram for making the provision for selection of candidates for Higher & Technical courses on the base of ethnicity. It is a clear violation of the provision of the Constitution of India as Article 13(2) provides that “the State shall not make any law which takes away or abridges the rights conferred by this part and any law made in contravention of this clause shall to the extent of the contravention, be void”, article 15 (1) also provides that “The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them”. Above all the amendment is a bare violation of Article 9 of the 1986 Mizoram Peace Accord which provides that “the rights and privileges of the minorities in Mizoram as envisaged in the Constitution, shall continue to be preserved and protected and their social and economic advancement shall be ensured” which was signed non-other than the present Chief Minister Pu Lal Thanhawla.
The meeting also observed that while positive discrimination for the disadvantage group to give them a fair treatment because of their disadvantage status is practiced in other part of the country, in Mizoram the ethnic and religious minorities are being made prey of negative discrimination. The meeting also resolved to place demand to provide reservation out of reserved quota of seats in technical courses for the Chakmas in Mizoram. It was also resolved to launch peace procession on 10th April, 2015 in Kamalanagar in protest of the recent Amendment of Rules pertaining to selection of candidates for Higher & Technical courses in Mizoram. The meeting also entrusted the CNCI to take any other course of action for positive solution of the problem in this regard.