MZP urges political parties to avoid nominating Mizo women married to non-Mizo

Student body Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) on Friday organised a protest rally on Friday against the Congress fielding a Mizo woman who got married to a non-Mizo person.

MZP Spokesman Ricky Lalbiakmawia said that they would intensify their agitation to ensure that Mizo women, who are married to non-Mizo or non-tribal, are not elected in any elections.

The organization has asked political parties not to nominate any Mizo woman who got married to a non-Mizo person or a non-tribal, maintaining that it would ensure that such a candidate is not elected in the November 7 Assembly polls.


“Most political parties have followed our appeal but the Congress defied it," Lalbiakmawia told the media and said, “We are committed to preserving Mizo culture and identity besides the customary law.”

The opposition Congress nominated Meriam L. Hrangchal for the Lunglei South assembly constituency and she already filed her nomination paper.

Hrangchal is married to a Gorkha.