REPUBLIC VENG JAC LEH DAN

"Republic Veng Joint Action Committee chuan Pu Sangliansiama te chhungkua that mangtu Laltlanchhuaha chu khaihlum ni ngei rawh se an ti. Laltlanchhuaha hi Republic veng khua leh tui nihna an hlip a, a thiin emaw a damin emaw Republic veng leilungah a lo let leh tawh tur a ni lo an ti" tiin Dingdi chanchinbu editor Pu Lalhmachhuana Tochhawng chuan Dingdi facebook group ah a ziak a. Republic Veng hruaituten Pu Siama te chhungkua chunga chhiatna rapthlak tak thleng chungchang an ngaihtuah khan an rilru tur chu kan hriatthiampui theuh awm e. Kan khawtlanga thil duhawmloh tak tak lo thleng ta te hi engtia hmachhawn tur nge tih uluk deuhva kan ngaihtuah a pawimawh hle, a bikin dan mit atanga kan thlir thiam a pawimawh zual awm e.

Mizote kan behna ram India dan hian Republic Veng JAC ten tualthattu hrem an duh dan ang capital punishment hi misual hremnan a phal a. India Penal Code (IPC) Section 302 ah hetiang hian ziaka dah a ni:

"Punishment for murder.—Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death, or 1[imprisonment for life], and shall also be liable to fine."

Amaherawhchu, he tualthattute hremna dan hi hman mai mai loh tur tiin Supreme Court chuan 2008 khan a rel a. Tualthahna thleng zen zen lo (“rarest of rare”) ah capital punishment hmang hian tualthatte hrem theih an nih thu a sawi a ni.

Chu'ng "rarest of rare" case thenkhat te chu han tarlang ta ila:

1) Low-caste mi emaw religious minority mite thah an nih a, khawtlang thinrimna lian tak a chhuah in.

2) Inneihna man (dowry) thuhlaa a hmeichhia thah a nihin.

3) Mi pakhat mai nilo thah an nihin. Entirnan, chhungkaw khata mi te a thah an nihin.

4) Nupui dang neih duh vanga mahni nupui thahin.

5) Naupang (child) thah a nihin.

6) Hmeichhe tanpuitu neilo, mahni invenghim zo lo ("helpless woman”) thah a nihin.

7) Kum lama upa emaw rualbanlo thah an nihin.

8) Inhmelhriat thain a mihriat that tak chu a thahin.

9) Mipui rawngbawlnaa inhmang mipuiin an ngainat politics thil avanga thah a nihin.

He’ng bakah hian India ram laka indona puangtute hi capital punishment hmanga hrem theih an ni a. Mumbai-a Taj Hotel beitute zinga mi Pakistan terrorist Ajmal Kasab kha India ram dotu/beitua puh niin 2012 khan khaihlum a ni.

Chulo lehah chuan, evidence diklo pek avanga thiamlohna neilo thiamloh chantira tihhlum a nihin evidence diklo petu chu khaihlum theih a ni bawk.

Pi Zokhumi thattu pawh hi Supreme Court in capital punishment hmanga hrem theih a tih zingah a tel ngeiin a lang.

Pu Siama te chhungkaw thattu phei chu IPC Sec 302 hmanga hrem a nihlohna chhan tur hi a ukil ten an sawithiam a ngai khawp ang.

Roreltu hriathlawh Pu KL Liana pawhin January 10 khan he tualthahna chungchangah heti hian a facebook status a ziak a:

“...Nizanah Republic lamah Zoram khawvel thil thlenga rapthlak ber pawl thawm kan han hre zui leh nghal a, thinlung hi a ngui nghuai mai zawng a nih hi. Hetiang ema mi nunrawng leh mi nunna engahmah ngai lotute hi chung lam leh danin an phu tawk hremna a la pe ngei ang, kei chuan khatianga chhung khat thah mang pawh pawi ti lotute kha chu dan anga khaihlum an phu hian ka hria, Kristian ram intia thil thlengah chuan a van rapthlakin a van zahthlak ve aw.”

A tukah heti hian a ziak leh bawk:

“Republic Veng thil thlengah mitthite Zoram mipuiin kan khawngaih a, kan lainat a, kan tuarpui a, hrehawm kan ti, rapthlak kan ti em em a, khatiang thil kha thleng leh tawh lo se kan duh. Chutihrual chuan a thattu kha kan dem a, ka hre sual a nih loh chuan a pa phei chuan keiman ka sat hlum nghal dawn tiin a fapa kha sah hlum a tum a, mahse an dangbet ni awm tak a ni, a nu leh pa, chhungte tan pawh a hrehawmin a zahthlak ngei ang tih pawh hriatthiampui an ngai ve tho mai. Danin tualthattu chungah ro a la rel ngei ang, kan Police fel tak tak leh thiam takte hian finfiahna tha tak nen case an siamsak ang a, keini mipuite chu kan police-te chungah rinna nghat ila, a tibahlah tur zawngin tumah i khawsa lo hram ang u aw”

Tualthattute hremna dan lam chu a chiang turah lo dah ta ila, Pu Parzuala te rilru tur pawh kan dawn thiam awm e. Republic Veng JAC te thinrimin thuchhuah an siam hnuhnung lam erawh hi chu dan mit atanga thlirin ngaihtuah nawn leh ngai thil niin a lang. India ram danpui Constitution Article 19-na hian India ram khua leh tuite dikna chanvo heti hian a sawi a:

1. All citizens shall have the right
(d) to move freely throughout the territory of India;
(e) to reside and settle in any part of the territory of India; and
5. Nothing in sub clauses (d) and (e) of the said clause shall affect the operation of any existing law in so far as it imposes, or prevent the State from making any law imposing, reasonable restrictions on the exercise of any of the rights conferred by the said sub clauses either in the interests of the general public or for the protection of the interests of any Scheduled Tribe.

India khua leh tui te hi, misual dan bawhchhia nasa leh pawi la khawih miah lo thliar hrang lovin, India ram chhung khawi lai pawha kan zinkual leh in leh lo din thei tura dikna chanvo nei kan nih thu a ni ber mai.

Republic Veng JAC ten Pu Siama thattua puh hi an veng "khua leh tui nihna an hlip" tih an puang a. "Thiin emaw a damin emaw Republic veng leilungah a lo let leh tawh tur a ni lo" an ti bawk a. An rilru kan hriatthiampui lain zawhna awm ta chu:

1) Republic Veng JAC hian India ram khua leh tui nilai hi an veng chhung "khua leh tui" nihna hlip turin thuneihna an nei em? Kum 50 lungin tang ta se, putar chaklo tak niin a venghluiah let tumin ruahmanna siam ta se “lo let leh tawh tur a ni lo” tia thuchhuah hi dan hmaah a tling (valid) angem? Dan rorelna nge kan duh tak tak zawk an sawi thin 'mob rule'?

2) Court in Pu Siamate chhungkaw thattu hi thiamloh chantirin IPC Sec 302 hmangin hrem ta se, a chhungten a ruang zalhnan Republic Veng thlanmual beisei thei lo tura thuchhuah siam hi danin a phal em?

He’ng zawhna te hi Republic Veng JAC te leh mipuite rilru dawnpui loh lam nilovin kan khawtlangah hian remna leh muanna nena kan khawsak zel theihnan leh dan kan dah pawimawh a tulzia kan hriatnawn theihnan kan inzawt ni ta se, khawtlang hruaitu te pawhin dan pela che te kan huat ang bawkin dan pela chet hi a diklo a ni tih an pawm a, dan chhunga khawsak tlan kan zir theihnan a tihhmuhtu an nih zawk a pawimawh hle a ni.

HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY, HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY

227 years ago today, the flag of Great Britain was raised by Governor Arthur Phillip at Port Jackson, New South Wales, effectively claiming the land for the British Crown. Today, January 26th is observed as Australia Day and it is a public holiday.

I don't know if you know the other side of the story but many of the natives of what is now Australia regard January 26 as a day when they were invaded by the British. Some even call it "Invasion Day".

We all know that January 26 is also a significant day for India. 66 years ago today, the Indian nation established itself as a new country by signing the world's longest constitution with 117,369 words. India was ruled by the British for two centuries and had grown weary of their dominion by the middle of the 20th century. India won its independence through peaceful means under the guidance of Mahatma Gandhi on 15th August 1947. On 26th January 1950, it declared itself a sovereign republic.

I come from a culture that's foreign to the dominant culture of both Australia and India. In India, I am a minority. My people account for about 1% or less. In Australia, I can almost count with my fingers people I knew from India.

When I think about how some indigenous Australians resent the idea of celebrating what they view as a dark day for their nation, I wonder if they pause to think of the good that has come through the British "invaders". My people - the Mizo people - were sovereign prior to 1872. The British came, subdued the chiefs and incorporated us into the then British-India. We lost our sovereignty but we gained access to the outside world which, in my opinion, opened more avenues for the pursuit of happiness. The most important of all was the sacrifice of non-government people from the UK with a zeal to share true happiness found in Jesus.

Nationalists often highlight the negative impact of the British government's ventures in India. And I believe indigenous Australians wrestle with the popular narrative in Australia too. There's no denying that natives of both countries suffered loss as a result of the British entering their lands but equally undeniable is the fact that through the "invaders" we are able to celebrate and enjoy life at a level some countries will not achieve in a hundred years. Yes, I mean a hundred years!

Today, India is considered a thriving democracy participating in the activities of the international community largely because the founding fathers believed in the values of western liberal democratic system. If you don't believe me, just check out our neighbour - Pakistan. Today, the world saw the warm embrace of the world's oldest and largest democracies when US President Obama and Indian PM Modi shared the stage in New Delhi.

Australia is one of the most successful nations in the world with a high standard of living at par with most developed countries. Perhaps, that is why 16000 foreigners chose to become Australian citizens today. The majority of them are from the UK. Guess who came next? Of course, Indians. So...there you go! Former US President Ronald Reagan said America was the "shining city upon a hill". Australia would be the shining city down under.

Life in this world is always about my right being trampled upon by someone else. But if you look at the bigger picture, especially in Australia and in India, why would you not appreciate and embrace a system that allows you to reach your potential? For the cricket-loving Indian, the oppressor's sport has become his most beloved gift. My history professor Hasan Yusuf of St.Edmund's College, Shillong often said to us, "If President Clinton was asked to govern India, he would not do it!". True, not even the leader of the US would be able to run our country. Yet, for the last 66 years, despite the tragedies that have visited India, we have managed to govern ourself with great success. One can only give credit to the daring and hopeful spirit of the people of India whose desire to secure their future have propelled the country way forward.

Happy Republic Day. Happy Australia day!

MAKING DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS

Today, the 11th January 2015, marks the 121st anniversary of the arrival of Rev.James Herbert Lorrain and Rev.Frederick William Savidge in Mizoram to devote their life as missionaries to the unreached Mizo people a.ka. Lushais.

Three years before the arrival of the two pioneer missionaries to these head-hunting Mizo people, a Welsh missionary by the name of Rev.William Williams had the privilege of becoming the first missionary to set foot in the Lushai hills. According to Carol MacNeill, BMS missionary in Zaire, due to unsettled conditions, Rev.Williams was only able to remain in Mizoram for about a month.

Lorrain and Savidge first entered Mizoram as missionaries of the Arthington Aborigines Mission but later joined the Baptist Missionary Society (BMS) and devoted all their effort to disiple the people of Mizoram who were living in darkness. The BMS mission in Mizoram was concentrated in the south while the northern hills were taken up by missionaries of the Welsh Presbyterian Mission. Prior to the advent of the missionaries, the Mizo people had no alphabet, hence no written language. Today, virtually the entire Mizo peoples have been evangelised and Mizoram boasts a high percentage of literacy – 91.33%

The Mizo people were nomadic warring tribes headed by sovereign village chiefs. They inhabited what the British government termed the Lushai Hills. The British-India government’s expansion toward the east often resulted in clashes with the Lushai tribes on whose hunting grounds the foreigners encroached. On the 27th January 1871, a history-changing event took place in Alexandrapur that would forever change the destiny of the Mizo people.

A Scottish tea garden manager by the name of James Winchester was killed in a raid by the men of Sailam village chief Bengkhuaia and Mr.Winchester’s five-year old daughter Mary Winchester was taken captive into the unknown hills.

According to Carol MacNeill, “[Mary] had settled down to a happy Lushai childhood! She had been given into the care of a kindly village couple whom she came to love and it was not long before she was speaking the language, learning to weave...Little Mary Winchester had no idea of the extent to which public interest within Britain had been aroused by her capture, nor that three army units had been mobilised to rescue her. When at last the army reached her, early in 1872, sadly destroying villages and killing many people on the way, it was the great difficulty that they persuaded her to leave her ‘granny’ and accept her ‘freedom’ ...

The military expedition to rescue Mary Winchester began to open up the Lushai hills to the outside world. With the eventual imposition of British rule in 1893, came the peaceful conditions which enabled Christian missionaries to work in the Lushai hills. Many years later in a letter to pastor Vanchhunga, the grandson of her ‘dear granny’, Mary wrote, “My father’s blood was the price paid for you Lushai Christians.”

An interesting account of the incident and aftermath written by Mary Winchester in her old age can be read here.http://www.mizostory.org/mizostory/Mizo_Story_1.html

At Mortdale-Oatley Baptist Church www.mobc.org.au, we have adopted the Great Commission given by Jesus found in the Gospel according to Matthew 29:19, "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations..." as this year's motto recognising that we Christians need to shine the light of God's Word beyond our mono-cultural boundaries.

May we, like those men and women of faith and courage, take Matthew 28:19 to heart and be part of the great privilege of making "disciples of all nations"!

TAWLHLOH PUAN AND LUKE 9:62

In their book "Indian Textile - Past and Present", GK Ghosh and Shukla Ghosh wrote: "Tawlhloh-Puan is another beautiful puan used by the Mizos. Tawlhloh in Mizo language means to stand firm, not to change position and/or not to move backward. Tawlhloh-Puan was thus indicative of 'never turning back' attitude of a warrior who would put it on. It was indeed a cloth which could not be put on except by a very courageous warrior who had established for himself a reputation for bravery."

There may not be a clear record of the last Mizo warrior worthy of wearing this cloth prior to the advent of the Gospel in the late 1800's but in modern history, the one person that stands qualified would be former Chief Minister of Mizoram, Brig.Thenphunga Sailo.

Brig.T.Sailo, as he is also known, is a hero in the truest sense of the term. His pre-political career was even more adventurous. If you haven't read his autobiography - A Soldiers' Story - I'd recommend you read it. It gives great insight into his life as a soldier and also gives a reflection of what a village boy could achieve against all odds. If you love to read war stories, this one's a real war story told by someone who was at the forefront.

In the ninth chapter of the Gospel according to Luke, we read about a man who said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go”. Jesus gave him an unexpected reply - “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

When he said to another man, “Follow me,” the man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” Jesus gave an even more unexpected reply to this man: “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

Finally another person said to Him, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.” And then Jesus gave this profound reply: “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” Jesus emphasised the fact that the work of the Kingdom of God required an unwavering commitment, a total dedication. In fact, a total denial of one's own life.

I had the great privilege and opportunity to be part of the buiding of the Kingdom of God in China for two years during 2005 - 2007. I must admit, when I started I was a total novice. The only thing I understood about missionary work was lifelong service for the Kingdom of God. And so I went to the Communist country with that mindset through the partnership of the Baptist Church of Mizoram and Global Interaction (formerly known as the Australian Baptist Missionary Society). Although I had no plan to go back, I had no clear plan for the future either. Little did I know that continuing to serve would require a whole lot more. As it was a non-permanent mission program, my tenure ended after two years.

Before I left Mizoram, at one of the farewell services, Kanan Baptist Church youth leader Pu Lalthianghlima gave me this special and meaningful cloth as a reminder of what Jesus said in Luke 9:62.

Today, I am not involved in the mission field anymore but I certainly take this reminder seriously for it resembles both my cultural heritage and Jesus' strong exhortation.

As I begin this new year, I thought I'd use this cloth and this Bible verse to remind myself of the service I am called to render unto God and my fellow man. I don't know about you but as for me, I want to be found "fit for service in the kingdom of God" till I draw my dying breath.

I know that the world we live in is getting worse (I am not a pessimist but a realist) but the hope of glory in me gives me the strength to endure. If God is for us, who can be against us?

MERRY CHRISTMAS (BUT DON'T DO NOTHING)

"So, this is Christmas and what have you done?" asked John Lennon and Yoko Ono in their 1971 song "Happy Xmas (war is over)".

Tomorrow, the world will awake to the 2014th celebration of Christ's birth. For believers, the birth of Christ means peace, hope, joy and love because the Bible says, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

Peace because the troubled soul can find rest. Hope because the dying sinner can look for eternal salvation. Joy because the sinful world has seen a light. And love because God, the creator of the universe, in all his glory and majesty decided to strip himself right down to become a mere mortal to pay the ultimate price for our salvation. It is a truth so profound that you need to have the heart of a child to believe.

Someone said it takes more faith not to believe in God. I would venture to say that believing in God and what God did for you through Jesus is the only deciding factor in your life that has an eternal effect. If you haven't done so or if you are on a crossroad, I sincerely hope you will make this day your day of decision.

The Bible even says, "Today is the day of salvation".

We know that when we sing, "Silent Night, Holy Night. All is calm, all is bright", all is not calm and all is certainly not bright today. If we look around the world, especially around the region where Jesus was born over two thousand years ago, death and destruction seem to be the norm of the day.

In Sydney and all across Australia, law enforcement agencies just cannot relax. They are on high alert because of terrorism within Australia. Death and destruction seem to be the agenda of these evil people.

In India, the political base of the ruling political party is starting to show its ugly head. We know that the Hindu fanatics see the Indian government not as a force for restraint but rather a protector and sympathiser of its radical ideology. Hundreds of Christians in India, including other religious minorities, are ever more under threat from Hindu religious fanatics today. Time will tell if the "Hindu nationalist" Prime Minister will be faithful to the Constitution or whether he will let the Jekyll in him take over.

In the state of Mizoram, majority of the people are singing Christmas carols. They are preparing for the most festive time of the year. They are singing songs in praise of the God that has come to be with his created beings - God the Immanuel. Yet, in their heart of hearts they fear what tomorrow will bring because when the carols are over and the merry makings have ended, they will enter into a new year full of apprehension. Surely God is with them but God does not always intervene to break His order of things. For He has placed them to be used and managed wisely.

The holder of public trust - the government of Mizoram - has literally squandered the public treasury with total disregard for the solemn oath it took "to do the right" under the highest law of the land - the Constitution. According to various reliable sources, the Mizoram government is almost bankrupt and 2015 will not usher in happy times. In fact, it may very well spell doom for the government that seems to continue in its path of unchecked spending of public money.

The result? Scores of government employees are or have not been paid their rightful wages. Only a few weeks ago, some 1300 Hindi teachers were denied their wages for 7 months. And a host of Centrally Aided school teachers face similar crisis. Crisis because these teachers are husbands and wives with kids and family. They need to pay their bills and buy food and other things to live.

I know a single mother of three whose last three months pay hasn't come. In her desperation, she goes to her parents for money. Money that she borrows until her employer - the Mizoram government - pays her salary. She doesn't find it easy because no parent finds it easy to ask their parents for money. But there may be hundreds more even more unfortunate than this teacher with no parents to lend them money while the government scrambles to balance the books.

I am afraid that the resentment towards the incompetence of the government will be so great in the coming year that we will see a movement willing to break the norms of established order even in a violent way. We have seen it all over the world by the disaffected population. Some were held back by their oppressive governments while some succeeded in uprooting the governments that have lost their legitimacy.

In my opinion, the government of Lalthanhawla has lost its legitimacy. It is out of touch with the common people. It is not faithful to the solemn Constitutional oath that requires it to "faithfully and conscientiously discharge" its duties and to "do right to all manner of people in accordance with the Constitution and the law without fear or favour, affection or ill-will."

Thomas Jefferson, one of the most profound thinkers among the Founding Fathers of the United States and drafter of the US Declaration of Independence, was convinced that governments are temporary entities established to serve a purpose, some of which are the preservation of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. He believed, as he acted out his belief during the revolution, that “whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government...”

When the government fails and continues to utterly fail, then we, according to Jefferson, have the right to replace the government.

If Edmund Burke was right when he said, "the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" then surely there are good men and women willing to do something about it. If this strikes a chord in your heart, count yourself in.

As you look forward to celebrating the birth of the Saviour of the world, our family wishes you a very merry Christmas. May your heart be strengthened with all might, for God is still on the throne even when evil seems to triumph in this fallen world.

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

Kum 223 kalta, 15^th December 1791 khan, Kumpinu sorkar laka talchhuak ram thar - USA - hruaitute chuan an ram thar inrelbawlnaa mihring chengte dikna humhalhnan dan thar an siam te an nemnghet a. An danpui an siamthat (amend) zinga a hmasa 10 te chu Bill of Rights tiin an ko a ni.

Chu Bill of Rights ah chuan thil pawimawh deuh mai pakhat, American ho phei chuan an hlut em em a awm a. Heti hian a inziak:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”

A tawi zawngin sawi ta ila, USA dintute khan ziaka dah ngei tula an hriat chu – an parliament (Congress) in sakhaw tihbik emaw tihlohbik neiin dan a siam tur a ni lo tih te, parliament in miin a duh anga thu a sawi theihna a neih dal zawngin dan a siam tur a ni lo tih te, chanchinbu lamin zalen taka thu an puanna dal zawngin parliament in dan a siam tur a ni lo tih te, ralmuang taka mipui pungkhawm tibuai thei zawngin parliament in dan a siam tur a ni lo tih te leh mipui lungawilohna sorkar hnena thlen tura ngen theihna kawng dal zawngin parliament in dan a siam tur a ni lo tih te a ni hlawm.

Freedom of speech lai hi a pawimawh hle a. USA ram tobul kan en chuan kan hrethiam lehzual ang. Europe rama sorkar leh lal thuneihna hmangsual nasa tak tak ten an mipui te dikna an rapbet nasa hle a. An chungah lal an hrawt a. An duhloh zawng thil sawi te chu an ti hlum fo a ni. America rama pemthla Europe mi tam ber kha chutiang inrelbawlna duhlo leh tlanbosan an ni tlangpui awm e. Ram thar an zu thlen hnuin an khawtlang leh sorkar inrelbawlna turah mipui zalenna an dah sang em em a, England Lalin mipui zahna nei lova an chunga ro a han rel hnuah phei kha chuan pastor te pawhin zalenna sualin ralthuam an chuh a nih kha. Zalenna kha an ngai hlu a. Pathianin bawih ni lo tura mihring te a siam ang ngeiin an khawsak thuah emaw an thusawi thuah emaw England Lal leh a sipaite hlauh avanga an rilru ngaihtuahna te leh ngaihdan te sawichhuak thei lo nih kha an chekin a millo a ni ber mai.

July 4, 1776 ah Independence Day an puang a, kum 15 hnuah mipui te zalenna leh dikna humhalhnan Bill of Rights chu danah an nemnghet a. Australian Prime Minister hlui John Howard-a’n America rama democracy an kalpui dan leh Australia rama democracy an kalpui dan inanlohna ber pakhata a sawi chu Bill of Rights a ni. Sorkar rawng tak laka mipui invenna tha tak a nih avangin khawih chet thianglo angin hnam rilru pu American tam tak chuan an ngai hial a ni.

He “freedom of speech” hi United Nations Declaration of Human Rights ah khan Article 19-naah heti hian kan hmu leh a:

“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”

UN Declaration ah phei chuan a sawizau zawk nghe nghe a. Mi zawng zawngin ngaihdan leh chu ngaihdan sawichhuah theihna tura dikna leh zalenna an nei a ni tiin a sawi a. Chubaka a sawi leh chu chutiang ngaihdan te chu khawi ramri mahin a dang thei lova; miin a duh chuan a ngaihdan a sawi thiang a, ngaihdan siam turin thu a zawt kual thiang a, a dawng thiang a. Chutianga ngaihdan leh thu inhrilh tawnna tur chu eng ang media hmang pawhin a ti thei a, chu zalenna leh dikna chu he Declaration hian a puang a ni.

India ramah pawh Constitution hian he dikna – freedom of speech and expression – hi a dah pawimawh em em a. Fundamental Rights zingah a dah hial a ni. Article 19 ah heti hian kan hmu a:

“19 (1) All citizens shall have the right (a) to freedom of speech and expression.”

He dikna hi India khua leh tui kan nih chuan India dan hnuaia humsak kan ni. Biakmawia Pawl thurin hi Kohhranin kan duh lo a nih pawhin kan khapsak thei lo tihna a nih chu. A chhan chu ngaihdan an nei thiang a. Chu chu an dikna (right) a ni.

Kohhran hruaitu zingah zu khap duh miahlo awm ta se, a ngaihdan chu sawichhuakin chanchinbuah te Kohhran ngaihdan nilo zawngin ziak ta se, lo khap ngawt theih a ni lo. Kan tawmpuilo a nih pawhin a ngaihdan leh chu a ngaihdan sawichhuahna chu danin a hum sak tlat avangin tihngaihna vak a awm lo a ni ber mai. Pu Lalthanhawla’n zu in lovin zu an buaipui zawk anga a sawi te leh Pu Lalzirliana’n zu khapna dan hlih chungchanga Kohhran rawn an tumloh thu a sawi te Kohhran tan chuan thil lawmawmloh tak a nih laiin dan ang chuan engtinmah a tih theih loh a ni. Kan pute pahnihin an ngaihdan an sawichhuah kha danin a phalsak a, a phalsak mai nilovin sawithei tura zalenna an neih chu a la humsak deuh deuh a ni.  

Mizo ten mipui rorelna (democracy) kan hmelhriatna hi a la rei lova. Kan hmelhriat tirha a phusa pawla tang thenkhat phei chu min la dampui te pawh an awm. Lalten ro an rel hunlai khan eng chen chiah nge mipui ten dikna leh zalenna an neih hriat a harsat laiin vawiina kan rilru puthmang en hian “dictatorship of the majority” an sawi ang deuhvin a tam zawkin an pawm ang nilo ngaihdan nei tan chuan hmun a awm vak loh hmel. Sap hovin social analyst an tih ang chi phei chu awm ngamna chi vak niin a lang lo. A chhan chu kan rilru ah hian a nawlpui kal dan ang lova kal te hi kawng diklo zawhah kan chhuah deuh zel a. A thupui an rawn sawilan aiin a sawitu kha awmze neilovin kan lo bei chiam thin a. Khawtlang, sorkar leh kohhran kalphung diklo sawichhuak te hi misual ang hialin kan chhuah fo a ni.

UN Declaration of Human Rights te leh India Constitution-a Fundamental Rights avang leh Pathianin mihring hi zalena min siam avang te hian kan Mizo rilru inhawng zau lo hian miin ngaihdan a neih leh a sawichhuah hi kan lo khapsak ngawt thiang lova. Danin a humhalh tlat avangin ngaihdan leh thusawi te hi kan inzahsak zawk tur a ni, kan ngaihdan a nih loh pawhin.

PU HAWLA LEH EVM

MPCC President leh Mizoram Chief Minister ni bawk Pu Lalthanhawla chuan tun hnaia neih MPCC General Assembly ah thu sawiin MNF President chu Delhi ah Supreme Court-a (EVM chungchanga) zualkova kal angin a sawi a. Pu Rama zin chhan Pu Hawla sawi hi a dik leh dik loh MNF thalai hruaitute zinga mi zawh a nihin a hriatpui miah loh thu a sawi thung. Pu Rama hian an party hruaitute hi a hrilh kher lo nge Pu Hawla hian thudiklo a sawi leh tih chu kan hre chho turah ngai ta ila. Mak angreng chu Pu Hawla zawk hian he EVM thu kal zel hi a sawichhuak teh tlat a, an party inhmuhkhawmnaah lehnghal.

A sawichhuah takah chuan EVM chungchanga thu kalzel la zialfelloh leh ngaihtuah chian ngai thenkhatte hi I han ngaihtuah nawn leh dawn ang u hmiang.

MNF ten an mi leh sa te awihnun nan he thil hi an hmang tiin Congress lam hian an sawi thin a. Hei hi thudik a ni awm e. A chhan chu MNF lam rintlak tak atangin hetiang hian sawi a ni tlat. A proof neih an nei lova. An mi leh sa te awihnun nan an hmang tih hi 100% a sawi ngam a ni.

Pu Zorama hian a thu a thlak a thlak a. EVM tih chingpen anga a sawi lai hian MNF te nena inzawmna neilo Pu K.Chhawnthuama a rawn lang ve leh a. Mimal thil tawn atangin han sawi ta lawk ila, Pu Chhawna hi pa rintlak a nih laiin EVM chungchanga a thusawi hian fiah a dawlloh avangin, saptawng sawi ta ila, EVM chungchangah hian credibility a nei lo a ni. Chuvang chuan thutaka lak chi a ni lova. A sangawizawnpui Michael-a pawh chuti tho chu a ni.

Pu Zorama te lamin an mi leh sa te awihnunnana thil ti an nih thu sawi chhuah a ni hi MNF party tan a zahthlak a, amaherawhchu a tha phian. Pu Chhawna leh Michael-a te thusawi a rintlak loh tih kan hre ta bawk a. Amaherawchu, buaithlak deuh mai a awm a. Chu chu Pu Hawla ber hi a rinawm ta tlat lo hi a ni. In lo chik ve em? EVM tichingpena puhnaah hian chiang takin a fihlim thu Zoram mipui te hriatah hian a la sawi lova, a ho te pawh hian Pu Chhawna puhna kha 100%-in a diklo tih sawi thei leh sawi ngam an la awm lo. Thil dang zawng chu an sawi lawi si.

Hemi chungchangah hian a tir khan thudik hriat tumin theih angin ka zir ve a, mi hrang hrang ka be kual bawk a. Pu Chhawna pawh a tir te atangin ka be pawp a. Michael-a pawh engtintin emaw a phone number nei fuhin ka zu be pawp a. An thusawi awmze nei chin a tawp a, umzui tlak a ni lo tih a rawn lang thuai. Pu Chhawna sawi pakhat chu Pu Zodintluanga hi a bul tum tu tih a ni a. Hemi chungchanga Pu Zodintluanga ka biak chuan thu "belhchian tlakloh" mai bakah "puhna mawl tak" a nih thu min hrilh.

Pu Chhawna min hrilh leh pakhat chu kha SMS kha Pu Hawla leh Pu Zira a thawn ve ve a. Pu Zira chu a ngawi a, Pu Hawla chu a tawng chhuak ta a nih kha. Thil chhinchhiah tur chu Pu Chhawna SMS tidarhtu kha amah Pu Chhawna nilovin Pu Hawla (atang) zawkin a ni a. Chuvang chuan intihhmingchhiat tumna ang a ni lo a ni. 

Indian Penal Code 171G dan a bawhchhia an tih kha in lo en chuan heti hian a inziak a: "False statement in connection with an election.—Whoever with intent to affect the result of an election makes or publish­es any statement purporting to be a statement of fact which is false and which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true, in relation to the personal character or conduct of any candidate shall be punished with fine."

Pu Chhawna khan kha SMS thuken kha khawiah mah a sawichhuah loh avang leh a "publish" loh avangin a tak takah chuan IPC 171G hmang hian charge theih niin a lang lo. Tin, lo publish emaw sawi chhuak pawh ni ta se (a sawi chhuah te kha chu a hnu daihah zawk a nih kha) a thil hriat nia a sawi kha diklo anga a hriat loh avangin IPC 171G hi a hman theih loh ta zel tho niin a lang. Pu Chhawna khan dika a hriat chuan chu dika a hriat chu court ah sawina remchang a nei tur a ni a. A nei ta lo ni ta berin a lang.

IT Act 66 A&B hmangin charge a ni bawk a. Pu Hawla, dan hrelo (ama insawi dan) hian hetiang dan kil kel hi a hre lova. A hote tu te emaw hnenah, "He SMS hi ka dawng a, min rawn thawntupa K.Chhawnthuama hi man theihna dan min han zawn teh u", a ti a nih hmel a. Chuan police leh dan hria te chuan IT Act 66A&B chu an han belh ta ni berin a lang. Mahse, sawi ang khan IPC 171G ah khian Pu Chhawna zawk khan engmah hlauh a neih loh avangin IT Act 66A&B zawk hi chu Pu Hawla hian Pu Chhawna hi hmehmih hrim hrim a tumna tih a chiang hle. A chhan chu Pu Chhawna hi IT Act hmang hian a charge theih tlat a. A bei mawl angreng bawk a, khatiang thu maksak tak a thawn khan he IT Act bawhchhiatna a nih avangin Pu Hawla'n a charge duh chuan a charge thei reng a ni.

Tichuan, mi tam takin an hmuh thiam loh chu. Pu Hawla hian EVM tichingpena puhna issue hi Pu Chhawna dan hmanga hmehmih a tumna ah leh mipui hmaa thu a sawinaah a lang ta reng reng lova. A pehhel ta daih a ni.

Congress party Press Release te kha kan la hria em? Feb 27 khan hei hi an chhuah a:

MPCC/Media/PR-2014/08 : “…Tunah hian chargesheet thehluh a la nih loh vang leh ni 60 a ral tawh avangin CM Pu Hawla hi hnungtawlh hret hret-a a case zuzi tum niin MNF Party chuan thuchhuah a siam a, he case ah hian CM Pu Hawla hi a hnungtawlh lova, tih zuzi a tum hek lova, Upa Chhawnthuama chungchang hi danin a la rel fel mai dawn a ni. MNF te hian ni 60 ral hi an ngaipawimawh hle a, tih zuzi tumnaah an ngai hial a, mahse Upa K. Chhawnthuama case hi case tenau, kum 2 aia reilo tan theihna, ni 60 ral hma a chargesheet thehluh ngei ngei ngaihna (summon case) ni lovin case lian leh rip tak pek theihna tur warrant case a nih dawn avangin chargesheet thehluh hun bituk a awm lo a ni.

Court-a thubuai a awm mek laia thubuai chanchin sawi leh ziah hi mi puitling te chuan an ching ngai lova, dan rorelna nghah mai hi mi puitling te chuan an ching zawk thin. Phantom hming a mi vautu Upa Chhawnthuama tan vanga thu engngemaw thehdarh te pawh hi tul lova court-a inhnuh luh theihna a nih avangin court thuchhuak hi ngaichang ve mai turin MPCC chuan mitinte a ngen a ni.”

MPCC Press Release ah hian Pu Chhawnthuama'n Pu Hawla EVM tichingpena a puhna hi an pehhel nasa em em a. MNF ho nen an sawizawm bawk a. Hei hi thudiklo chiang tak a ni. Tin, he Press Release an chhuah lai hian Pu Hawla'n he puhna a dikloh thu emaw a fihlim thu a la sawi lova. Tun thleng pawhin a la sawi lo zel chu a nih hi.

Court in ro a rel khan in lo chik em? Hei hi Vanglaini report a ni:

MNF candidate 11-te petition hi Inrinni khan ngaihtuah a ni a, Congress MLA-te ukil Lalsawirema chuan, Representation of People Act, 1951-in a phût angin MNF candidate-te petition thehluhah hian finfiahna lak tlak a awm loh thu sawiin, "He thubuai hi kalpui zel pawh ni se thil danglam tur a awm lo," a ti a; Court chu thubuai titawp mai turin a ngen."

Ukil Sawirema sawi hi a dik chiah. MNF ho hmatheh hi engmah substantiate theih a nih loh avangin tihtawp a ngen a. Court pawhin chu chu a kalpui dan a ni. Mahse, hetah tak hian Pu Chhawnthuama'n Pu Hawla EVM tichingpena a puhna hi sawifel a ni lo hrim hrim.

Pu Hawla chuan High Court thutlukna chungchangah Court-in thu dik a hai lang taa a ngaih thu leh, thudik, thu tak leh dikna chu politics-ah a pawimawh a, thu dik loa inpuhte chu a tlo ngai loh thu a sawi a. Sawi tawh ang khan Court hian EVM tihchingpen a nih leh nih loh hi a sawi lo hrim hrim a. Pu Hawla a duh danin thil a sawi a ni. Pu Romawia nena Press conference an neihnaah pawh khan mipui min thlamuan tur angin a han ti naa, amah a fihlim thu kha a sawi ta chuang reng reng lo a ni.

Dawt hlang sawi hmang, thudiklo sawi ching, mipui rilru a diklo zawnga kaihruai tura thusawi ching leh thulawilo sawi ching Pu Hawla hian he thilah hian zawhna chhan tur a la nei a, chu chu vawiin thleng hian Zoram mipuite hian kan la chang a ni. "EVM tichingpena Pu Chhawna'n a puhna che hi a dik em?" tih zawhna hi zawhna dinglai a la ni reng e. Hei hi dawt sawi lova a chhan hma chu mi nikhualo Pu Chhawna emaw thu belhchian dawllo sawi hrehlo MNF President Pu Rama te hian, "Min ngaidam r'u. Rintlak evidence kan nei love. Pu Hawla beihnan remchangah kan hmang a ni" pawh ti se, thudik kan la hre ta chuang lo a ni. Congress MLA te pawh hi han zawt ula, Pu Hawla hi 100% in a fihlim e tia sawi ngam I hmu kher lovang. Pu Zodintluanga paw'n Pu Chhawna thu a belhtlaklohzia a sawi a nih kha. Chiang takin puhna hi an la reject ngam lo.

Pu Hawla hi dawt a sawi zing em a, Pu Zorama lah a rintlak bawk si lova. Pu Chhawna ni se, a inchhuah ho ta angreng a. Mahse a ho hle e ti lo chuan sorkar hian a ka a hup sak hmiah bawk si a. Huaisen taka thudik zawng chhuaka report thei Journalist te kan mamawh hle. Sorkar lamin thudik min hrilh a beisei theih si lova.