2nd EMAIL SENT TO PU C.LALDINA, SP, AIZAWL on Aug 25, 2014 at 9:12 PM at spaizawl@gmail.com

To,

The Superintendent of Police,

Aizawl District

Aizawl, Mizoram

Sir,

I am contacting you again with regard to the email I sent you on the 4th of August and also my conversation with you on the phone. 

As you will remember, you told me on the phone that you would look into the matter i.e., the police complaint letter filed at the Aizawl Police Station against the Chief Minister. I has been 3 weeks since I sent you the detailed information regarding what I believe the police is obliged to do under the Constitution, however I have not heard from your office either by email or phone.

I believe when I contacted you by email and followed up by phone, my contact to you falls under the provision of the CrPC 154/3 which says:

"Any person aggrieved by a refusal on the part of an officer in charge of a police station to record the information referred to in subsection (1) may send the substance of such information, in writing and by post, to the Superintendent of Police concerned who, if satisfied that such information discloses the commission of a cognizable offence, shall either investigate the case himself or direct an investigation to be made by any police officer subordinate to him, in the manner provided by this Code, and such officer shall have all the powers of an officer in charge of the police station in relation to that offence."

If the law is clear on the duty of the police officer in charge and also the Superintendent of Police, I believe the delay in registering a criminal case against the individuals mentioned in my letter to the Aizawl Police Station Officer in Charge is a clear violation of the law on the part of the law enforcement agency.

I would like to, once again, request you to take the immediate necessary action as the law clearly mandates the police.

It has been a frustration for me to be denied information and also to be given unreliable information with regard to the letter and photograph I submitted to the Aizawl Police Station on June 4. In my judgement, it increasingly appears to be a deliberate attempt to delay and ignore the matter altogether. I sincerely hope that you will act upon the assurance you gave me.

I will be waiting until Wednesday 27th August for your reply. If, however, I donot hear from you I will assume that your office is incapable of exercising its duty. Therefore, I will have no option but to seek redressal by other means available.

Yours sincerely,

Laltanpuia Pachuau

laltanpuiapachuau@gmail.com,

1st EMAIL SENT TO PU C.LALDINA, SP, AIZAWL on Aug 4, 2014 at 7:01 PM at spaizawl@gmail.com

To,

The Superintendent of Police,

Aizawl District

Aizawl, Mizoram

Sir,

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Laltanpuia Pachuau. I am from Zonuam, Aizawl but, currently, I live in Sydney, Australia.

I am writing this email to you because I would like to clarify and seek a proper response regarding a letter and photo I submitted to the Officer in Charge, Aizawl Police Station on June 4.

It is regarding the alleged violation of the Mizoram Liquor Total Prohibition Act by the Chief Minister Lalthanhawla and my request to the police to uphold the law and take necessary actions. I believe my request has not been addressed appropriately.

I am aware that the MLTP Act 1995, Chapter V-58a specifically declares "Every offence punishable under this Act shall be cognizable” and the Criminal Code of Procedure 1973, Section 154 mandates the officer in charge to register the first information report, thereby setting a criminal law into motion. I believe the issue of whether an officer is bound to register an FIR was settled by the Supreme Court of India in the "Lalita Kumari vrs Govt. of UP and others on 27th Feb 2012" (WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO.68 OF 2008) when it concluded as quoted below- 

" 111)  In view of the aforesaid discussion, we hold:

     i) Registration of FIR is mandatory under Section 154 of the Code,  if the information discloses commission of a cognizable offence and no preliminary inquiry is permissible in such a situation. "

http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/imgst.aspx?filename=40960

The infamous picture widely circulated on the internet shows the Chief Minister and his wife holding glasses. In the picuture, it appears that they are consuming or had consumed Foster's beer, a prohibited liquor containing alcohol under the MLTP Act. The picture shows cans of beer placed on the table in front of them. As this picture given to the police officer in charge contains information that discloses commission of a cognizable offence (as per the MLTP Act Chapter V-58a), my understanding of the Supreme Court's ruling on CrPC Sec154 is that it is mandatory for the police to register an FIR. However, no FIR has been registered.

On June 8, your predecessor, Mr.L.R.Dingliana Sailo spoke to Mr.H.C.Vanlalruata, Principal Correspondent, Press Trust of India and said "criminal case would not be registered as it would be impossible to prove that the chief minister and his wife, as alleged in the FIR and the accompanying photograph, were actually drinking beer. Such photographs can be doctored or edited on computer and it would be impossible to be used as evidence." 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/No-criminal-case-against-Mizoram-CM-for-drinking-alcohol-during-prohibition/articleshow/36308433.cms

On June 27, I sent an email to the former SP requesting him to uphold the law by registering the FIR. I received a prompt reply on the same day under SP(A) Letter No. CB/Misc/2014/51 Dated Aizawl, the 27th June, 2014. 

However, I was informed that my "complaint" sent by email could not be registered due to its apparent inadequacy to satisfy what the police believe is the requirement of Section 154 of the CrPC.

On July 9 when I contacted the then SP by phone, I was told that Section 154 of the CrPC required me to be present at the time of submission of the FIR and that cases involving liquor are rarely registered without "recovery" of materials (which I believe is not the requirement of the MLTP Act but rather a practice by the police.) Those were his clarifications for the June 27 email reply. I was also told that inquiry was still being conducted and based on what was known, the picture was probably digitally altered to appear the way it does. I was told that inquiries like these take time.

When I submitted the letter on June 4, my knowledge of the circumstance involving the picture was limited. However, I later learnt that the picture was taken on April 21 by an individual who has already been identified by the police. The place of occurence has also been confirmed. It is in Aizawl.

The reason for the non-registration of the FIR given on June 8 i.e, impossibility to prove violation of the law and conclusion of the picture as doctored, I believe, is not the job of the police to consider but rather the job of the court. I would also argue that the possibility of the picture being doctored cannot be used as a reason not to register a case. 

On June 8, nothing about the picture's authenticity or otherwise had been confirmed. In fact, on July 9, I was told that the matter was still under investigation/inquiry which meant that the police had not confirmed whether the picture was doctored or not. 

I believe it is in the best interest of the rule of law that the head of our State government is either cleared or convicted for the alleged offence as clearly shown in the picture I have attached. 

It has been over a month since my letter was submitted at the Aizawl Police Station with no conclusion. It appears to be a deliberate delay or an incompetent investigation and handling of the case.  After a careful study of the MLTP Act, the CrPC and the Supreme Court judgements, I believe the law has not been followed accordingly. Therefore, I would like to request you to assess the issue and make prompt response in accordance with the law.

I have also attached a scanned copy of the letter I submitted to the Aizawl Police Station for your perusal. Kindly let me know if you need me to provide any more information.

Sincerely,

Laltanpuia Pachuau

laltanpuiapachuau@gmail.com

2nd EMAIL SENT TO PU R.LALZIRLIANA, HOME MINISTER, GOVT.OF MIZORAM ON 8th SEPT 2014

Dear Pu Zira,

Sept 3 a rule of law kengkawh  tura ngenna, email hmanga ka rawn thawn che kha I staff te nena kan inbiakna atangin I chhiar ngei tura an pek thu che ka lo confirm a.

Aizawl police station a FIR ka thehluh atangin thla 3 a liam tawh a, SP pahnihin an muanpui hnua I hnena ka rawn zualkona pawh ni 5 lai a ni ta a. Hemi chungchangah hian I hnen atangin emaw I staff te hnen atang pawha thu ka dawn zui loh avangin ka ngenna hi police ten thla 3 an ngaihthah ang hian ngaihthah a ni em tih zawhna ka nei hial a ni.

Rule of Law palzutna chiang tak hi State Home Minister thuneihna pawhin a tih dik theih dawn loh chuan Constitutional authority sang zawk nei hnenah action la turin hmalakna siam ka tum a. Amaherawhchu, I hnena ka rawn ngenna che hi awmzia a nei dawn a nih chuan kan thatpui zawk hle ang.

Dan kenkawh a nih theihnana police te tihtur ti tura hma min laksak nghal turin ka ngen nawn leh duh che a. Ka ngenna che hi tunkar chhunga min tihhlawhtlin sak lo a nih chuan I constitutional duty ti lo I nihna angin State executive authority kengtu Governor hnenah ka thlen tur thu ka han hrilh nghal duh bawk che a ni.

Hriatchian duh emaw min hrilh duh I neih chuan ka email ah leh mobile phone ah biakpawh theih ka ni e.

Regards,
Laltanpuia Pachuau

1st EMAIL TO PU R.LALZIRLIANA, HOME MINISTER, GOVT.OF MIZORAM ON 3rd SEPT 2014

To,

The Home Minister,

Govt.of Mizoram

Subject: Police department danin a phut anga hma an lak loh avanga dan kengkawh tura ngenna

Ka pu,

Aizawl police station ah June 4 khan lehkha ka thehlut a. Ka lehkha thehluh chhan chu Chief Minister leh a nupui lanna thlalakah MLTP Act in a khap beer an inlai nia lang internet atanga ka hmuh vang a ni a. Dan bawhchhiatna ni a lang chu chhuichiang tur leh a tul anga hma la turin police te ka ngen a. Vawiin thlenga chhanna mumal a la awm loh avang leh hemi chungchanga police lam zawkin dan an zawmlohna te avang hian Police lam department enkawltu Minister i nihna angin dan kenkawh a nih theihnana hma min laksak turin ka rawn ngen duh che a ni.

June 4-a Aizawl police station-a lehkha leh Chief Minister te lannna thlalak thehluh a nih hnu atanga ni 4 na June 8 khan, khatih hunlaia Aizawl SP Pu L.R.Dingliana Sailo chuan PTI correspondent hnenah heti hian a hrilh thu report a ni a: "criminal case would not be registered as it would be impossible to prove that the chief minister and his wife, as alleged in the FIR and the accompanying photograph, were actually drinking beer. Such photographs can be doctored or edited on computer and it would be impossible to be used as evidence." A hnuaia internet link ah hian report kimchang a hmuh theih:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/No-criminal-case-against-Mizoram-CM-for-drinking-alcohol-during-prohibition/articleshow/36308433.cms

MLTP Act 1995, Chapter V-58a kan en chuan heti hian a inziak a: "Every offence punishable under this Act shall be cognizable”. Tin, Criminal Code of Procedure 1973, Section 154 a kan hmuh angin cognizable offence reng reng chu police station OC khan FIR a register tur thu pawh kan hmu a ni. FIR register leh register loh chungchanga inhnialna awm hi Supreme Court of India in "Lalita Kumari vrs Govt. of UP and others on 27th Feb 2012" (WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO.68 OF 2008) ruling a neih khan heti hian a sawi kan hmu a - 

" 111)  In view of the aforesaid discussion, we hold:

     i) Registration of FIR is mandatory under Section 154 of the Code,  if

        the information discloses commission of a cognizable offence and no

        preliminary inquiry is permissible in such a situation. "

http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/imgst.aspx?filename=40960

Supreme Court in CrPC Sec 154 tlawhchhana police te tih tur a lo nemnghehna en hian MLTP Act bawhchhiatna ang chi - cognizable offence - hi preliminary inquiry pawh lak phal lo hialin FIR chu register ngei ngei tur a nih thu chiang takin kan hmu a ni.

June 27 khan, khatih hunlaia SP hnenah dan kenkawh a nih theih nana hma la tura ngenin email ka thawn a. A ni la lain a chhan letna ka dawng nghal a. SP(A) Letter No. CB/Misc/2014/51 Dated Aizawl, the 27th June, 2014. Amaherawhchu, SP chuan ka complaint thehluh chu FIR anga a register theih loh thu min hrilh a. A chhan nia a sawi pawh CrPC Sec 154 ang thlap a nih loh vang tih a ni. 

July 9 khan SP Pu Dinga chu telephone in thil awmzia zawtchiang turin ka bia a. FIR register theihlohna a tih point engemawzat min hrilh a. Chu'ng te chu:

1) CrPC Sec 154 hmanga FIR register tur chuan a thehluttu (keimah) kha police station ah ka awm a ngai

2) Zu kaihhnawih FIR chu "recovery" a tel loh chuan an register mai mai lo.

3) Thlalak kha computer hmangin tuemawin a siam chawp emaw a siam danglam a nih an ring.

4) Hetiang inquiry hian hun a duh.

Internet atanga ka hmuhchhuah chu kha thlalak kha April 21 zana lak a ni a. A lakna hmun pawh MLTP Act in a huam chin Aizawl khawpui chhung ngeia lak a ni. Tin, a la tu pawh police te hian an hrechhuak tawh a, vawi engemaw zat thu an zawtfiah tawh a ni tih ka finfiah bawk a ni. April 21 tuk khan kha thla latu leh an thian rualten facebook leh whatsapp vela kha thlalak lo thehdarh engemawzat hnenah thehdarh lo tur leh thlalak delete tur ten an ngen nasa a. Kei ngei pawh thla latu thian te zinga mi pakhatin min rawn be pawp a ni.

Kha thlalak a lo darhna ber pakhat chu facebook-a group pakhat Special Report-a tel, Lunglei tlangval S.L.Chhunga'n a ni a. Police te pawh hriattir an ni a. Amaherawhchu, vawiin thleng hian amah an la be pawp lo.

FIR chu Aizawl police station lama officer pakhat sawi danin SP level ah daih an khawih niin a sawi a. Chuvang chuan SP pawh ka be pawp a ni. June 8-a FIR register loh chhan kha Pu Hawla te nupain beer an in ngei a ni tih finfiah theih a nilo tih vang leh kha thlalak kha computer hmanga siamchawp te pawh a ni thei tih a ni a. Inquiry lak pawh a zawh hmaa FIR register theih loh thu police hotuin a sawi ta mai kha thil nihphung kalh niiin ka hria a. June 8 khan thlalak phuahchawp an nih leh nih loh police te'n an la finfiah si loh chuan SP in FIR register theihloh chhana a hman kha thil dik ni theiin a lang lo.  A hnu daiha kan inbiak pawhin inquiry an la la zo lo tiin min hrilh bawk si a.

SP thar Pu C.Laldina hnenah hemi chungchanga dan kengkawh turin August 4 khan email ka thawn a. Telephone in ka be bawk a. Kan inbiaknaah chuan hemi chungchang hi tharthawh a tum loh thu min hrilh a. Dan anga kalpui nilova ka hriat avangin danin police te a phut anga kalpui turin ka ngen nawn a. A lo enzui tur thu min hrilh. Engmah ka hriat zui loh avangin thu kal lam leh haw lam zawtin August 25 khan email ka thawn leh a. Chhanna ka hmuh loh tak zel avangin I hnenah ka rawn kal ta ngawt mai a ni.

Thlalaka a lan dan chuan kan ram sorkar hotu ber Pu Lalthanhawla hian MLTP Act in a khap tlat Foster's beer hi a in niin a lang a. Hemi chungchangah hian kan dan neih te ka enin Chief Minister laka FIR thehluh hi register lohna chhan tur awmin a lang lo. June 4-a lehkha thehluh kha vawiin ni thlengin inquiry an la la niin ka hria a, (chu pawh chu CrPC Sec 154 kalh niin a lang) SP hmasain thlalak siamdanglam nia a rin thu a sawi pawh vawiin ni thlengin finfiahna a la awm lova. Chief Minister te nupa hi tute emawniin tihmualpho tumin thlalak an lo siamchawp a nih phei chuan a siamtu hi chhuichhuah ngei tur zawk niin a lang. Tin, a thehdarhtu te zinga mi S.L.Chhunga pawh hi khawi atanga a neih nge tih zawhfiah a pawimawh hlein a rinawm. Police te chuan an la be pawp bawk si lo. 

August 3-ah khan i ina kalkhawm thuthar lakhawmtute hnenah, "...man ngam loh kan nei lo ang..." tia i sawi thu chanchinbu lamin an chhuah ka lo chhiar a. Tin, August 11-a Congress Bhavan-ah dan siam tawh te chu zawm a that thu te I sawi ka lo chhiar bawk a. Dan bawhchhia te chunga dan lekkawh ngam Home Minister ah rinna nasa tak ka nei a ni.

MLTP Act hnuaia dan bawhchhiatna pholang chiang tak thlalak tlawhchhana police ten hma an lak tur anga hma an laklohna hi dan bawhchhiatna lian tak a nih avang leh India ram Constitution Schedule 3 part 5 tlawhchhana thu I lo tiam ang ngeia dan chu laltir tur leh Home Minister thuneihna hmang turin ka ngen duh che a ni.

Ka beisei ber pakhat chu dan hmaah mi te leh mi lian an awm lo tih hi chiang taka tarlan a ni a. Chumi tihfiahnan chuan FIR thehluh hi register ngei a tulin a lang. Kan Chief Minister hian dan bawhchhiatna a lo nei lo a nih phei chuan an nupa mualpho taka tarlanna thlalak hi court lamin thutawp fel tak siam sak thuai se a tha hlein ka lo hria.

SP nena kan indawrna email te, Aizawl Police Station a lehkha leh thlalak ka thehluh te pawh I tangkaipui takin ka rawn thawn tel a che. Mizoramah ka awm loh avangin sawifiah ngai awma I hriat chuan biakpawh theihna email leh mobile phone number ka dahah hian biakpawh theih ka ni e.

I rintlak,

Laltanpuia Pachuau

laltanpuiapachuau@gmail.com,

+61 468 663 947

Copy to:

1) The Aizawl Post

2) President, MJA

3) Vanglaini

4) PTI Principal Correspondent, Aizawl

5) Principal Correspondent, The Indian Express

6) Serchhip Times

7) Ralvengtu

8) President, CYMA

9) PRISM

10) Director General of Police, Govt.of Mizoram

ARTICLE 356 LEH MIZORAM SORKAR

Zawlbuk chanchinbu August 26-a chhuakah he thu hi a lang a: “Pu S.Laldingliana, Vice Chairman, HPC, Lunglei chuan sorkar laipuiah BJP a sorkar avanga MNF leh party dang ten Mizoram sorkar chu reilotea thiah ni mai tur anga thu an thehdarh thin thu leh hei hi dawt a nih thu nimina Lunglei District Congress Committee-in Political Session an neih a hmanpuinaah a sawi. State sorkar thiah a emergency puan theihna chu Article 356 a nih thu leh Mizoramah Congress sorkar nghet tak dingin, MLA 40-ah 34 chu Congress an nih thu a sawi a. MNF leh party dang ten heti anga sorkar thiah a ni mai dawn tiin sawi mahse, engtikawng mahin sorkar tlukna tur chhan a awm lo a ni, a ti bawk.”

“Phantoma” lar zual laia UDF hruaitu thenkhatten hetiang lam an sawi rik tih loh kha chu a hnua han sawi leh an awm chiah pawh ka lo hre lova. Pu S.Laldingliana’n a han sawi chhuah leh takah chuan hemi chungchang hi I han ngaihtuah ho dawn teh ang u.

Pu Dinga hian a sawi chhan hi ka hre lo naa, Article 356 hmanga central sorkarin state sorkar a thiah (dissolve) theih thu a sawi khi chu India Constitution enin a dik reng a, "engtikawng" maha Mizoram sorkar tlukna chhan tur awm lo anga a sawi erawh hi chu ngaihtuahnawn a ngaiin a lang. Constitution Art 356 kan en chuan heti hian kan hmu a:

Provisions in case of failure of constitutional machinery in States.

If the President, on receipt of a report from the Governor of a State or otherwise, is satisfied that a situation has arisen in which the Government of the State cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, the President may by Proclamation—

(a) assume to himself all or any of the functions of the Government of the State and all or any of the powers vested in or exercisable by the Governor or any body or authority in the State other than the Legislature of the State;

(b) declare that the powers of the Legislature of the State shall be exercisable by or under the authority of Parliament;

(c) make such incidental and consequential provisions as appear to the President to be necessary or desirable for giving effect to the objects of the Proclamation, including provisions for suspending in whole or in part the operation of any provisions of this Constitution relating to any body or authority in the State

A tawi zawngin sawi ta ila, state leh UT sorkarte chu constitution tlawhchhana din leh kalpui a ni a. Inrelbawl dan tha ber leh famkim nilo mah se chu danpuiin a phut ang lova ram inrelbawlna a kal chuan Lt.Governor/Governor-in President hnenah state leh UT sorkar dinglai thiah turin thu a thlen thei a ni. Chutianga state leh UT sorkar thiah chu "President’s rule" tih a ni bawk. Chutiang chu India ramah hian vawi 100 aia tam a thleng tawh a, Indira Gandhi sorkar khan a uar hle. President’s Rule neih chhan pawh a inanglo thei viau mai. Party politics inbeihna rawngkai te a nih theih avangin Art 356 hian sawi a hlawh hle bawk a. Tunah hian President’s rule-a awm mek chu Delhi a ni a, February 14 atang khan Lt.Governor rorelna hnuaiah a la awm a ni. AAP ten President hnenah inthlan buatsaih tura hma la turin an buaipui nasa khawp a. Mahse, BJP kaihhruai NDA central-ah a sorkar bawk si a. "Deadlock" an tih angin a awm a ni ber mai.

Article 356 innghahna chu Article 355 a ni a. Chutah chuan central sorkar mawhphurhna kan hmu:

Duty of the Union to protect States against external aggression and internal disturbance

“It shall be the duty of the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance and to ensure that the Government of every State is carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution”

Burma sorkar emaw Bangladesh sorkar hian Mizoram hi rawn bei dawn ta se, central sorkarin Mizoram venhimna tura mawhphurhna a neih avangin a sipaite a hmang anga. Burma sipai emaw Bangladesh sipai te chu a lo bei let dawn tihna a ni. Chuvanga Border Security Force te hi kan rama rawn dah an ni.

Article 355 hian a sawi tel bawk chu Constitution mila state sorkar kaltir emaw kalpui theih loh khawpa buaina (internal disturbance) awm thei lakah a veng ang tih a ni bawk a. Entirnan, CSS hnuaia hlawh la thinten thla 5 chuang hlawh an lak theih loh avang hian
, “kan ngawi reng bik dawn tawh lo” tiin Aizawlah hian kawng zawh ta mup mup se. Mipui thahnem takin tawiawmin sorkar hnathawk te leh minister te kar nan an office kai tur te dang ta tlat se. Police te nen, nurse ho an nawr ang khan, in nawr ta chiam mai se. Mipui zingah lo hawklak pawl awmin tharum thawhna te thleng ta se, police te chuan chu’ng tharum thawh te chu bei letin thisen luang zel zul ta mai se. Emaw, vanduai thilah mipui leh police te innawrnaah chuan mi thenkhatin nunna chan palh ta se boruak a sosang dawn hle tih a hriat theih awm e. Chutiang boruak chu thil thleng thei lo a ni lova, Kristian kan ni kan tih vanga tharum thawhna leh buai luai luaina thleng thei lo tura kan ngaih chuan kan tisual hle ang.

Ka han sawi tum ber chu, boruak thalo tak hi ram chhungah chhan hrang hrang vangin a thleng thei tih hi a ni. Chutiang a thlen palh chuan sorkarin a tih tur ang a ti thei dawn lova. Constitution in a phut anga a kal theih loh chuan President’s rule puan a ni thei a ni.

“…In accordance with the provisions of this Constitution” tih atang hian Constitution dah pawimawh a nihzia kan hre thei awm e. Sawi tawh ang khan politics rawngkaia Art 356 hmanna nia lang a awm thin avangin Supreme Court in 1994 khan S. R. Bommai v. Union of India case ah thutlukna pawimawh deuh a siam a. Chuta tang chuan Art 356 hmansualna a nep phah hlea hriat a ni.

Mizoramah hian lungawilohna tur a tam sawt hle. MNF sorkar term hnuhnung ai khan a buai thei dawnin a lang. Hindi zirtirtu 1305 te chuan kumin April thla atang khan hlawh an la thei tawh lova. An mangang tawh hle. Natna hlauhawm tak tihdamna awmlo HIV/AIDS dona sum central sorkar atanga rawn kal pawh sorkarin a lo pawhpen avangin chu natna dona pawh chu a thuanawp a. Chief Minister in thuthar lakhawmtu pakhat hnenah a sorkarna hnuaia corruption awm lo tia a sawi laiin doctor 35 hna pek chungchangah High Court-in in sorkar tihdanah Constitution Article 14-na leh 16-na a bawhchhia a ni thu a sawi a. Chutiang bawkin Hnahthiala SSA zirtirtu lak chungchangah duhsak zawng qualification nei lo hna pek a ni a, Article 14-na leh 16-na kalh bawkin. Sawitu pakhatin a sawi dan phei chuan Plan Fund atanga hlawh la 10000 bawr velin CSS fund an ring mek a ni awm e. Chief Minister berin MLTP Act bawhchhiatna nia hriat ngeiah pawh police hoten dan an palzut a, Home Minister ngei pawhin dan ngaipawimawh lovin "beer mai mai te chu a ho em mai" a ti a. Chakma foreigner awm ngeia hriatnaah pawh dan hmangin a man duh lova. A list hi a sei viau a ni.

Hriat reng tur chu kan sorkar hruaitute hian an dinhmun an chelh dawn hian India ram constitution ang thlapin Schedule 3 part 5 tlawhchhanin thu an tiam a ni:

I... do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established …that I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge my duties as a Minister for the State of Mizoram and that I will do right to all manner of people in accordance with the Constitution and the law without fear or favour, affection or ill-will.

He dan tlawhchhana thu an tiam khan an hming an sign vek a. Legal document a nih avangin awmze neilo a ni lo a ni.

Kan ramah hian kan sorkar hian Constitution bawhchhiaa thil a tih zel chuan mipuiin kan auchhuahpui anga, Narendra Modi-a sorkar hian Constitution kalha rorel a nihna changchawi hian kan Congress sorkar hi a rawn tibuai ang tih a hlauhawm hle a ni.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL REMEDY TO GROSS INCOMPETENCE

Central and state governments have moral and legal obligations to operate within the confines of the Constitution, the highest law of the land. No matter how popular a person may be or how influential he may be; no matter how rich or powerful he may be, the law prevents anyone from usurping the powers of the government.

When the framers wrote the Constitution, they included an introduction that outlines the purpose and guiding principles. It is called the Preamble and is an integral part of the Constitution.

"We, the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India ... to secure to all its citizens:

JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;
and to promote among them all
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation..."

Because state and central governments derive their powers from the consent of the governed, the people are sovereign and they have the power and the ability to remove those in office that work contrary to the achievement of the expressed goals in the Preamble. For example, if an elected state or central government devotes its ministry mostly to benefit themselves and their friends, the people will refuse them the right to form another government by voting them out of office. Or if, during their time in office, they run the government so bad that they lose support in the legislature they can be voted out by the legislators.

In our parliamentary form of government, we all know that the Governor is only a nominal head. Real power lies in the elected government. However, the office of the Governor is still the repository of the executive powers of the state government. And in certain situations, the Governor has discretionary powers to act independent of the elected government.

Despite his lack of real powers, the Governor actually has certain judicial powers viz., the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remission of punishments. He can also suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of an offence against the law.

In times of political crises when no political party can claim majority in the state legislature, the Governor can use his discretion to choose a Chief Minister.

In his role as representative of the central government, the Governor can inform the President in an official report, of a particular emergency that has arisen in the state, and impose what is called the "President’s Rule" in the state. The Governor, in such circumstances, may dissolve the entire state assembly and can assume the executive powers and functions of the state government. Those extraordinary circumstances may be:

i) Breakdown of constitutional machinery;
ii) Political instability
iii) No party is in a position to form the Government

The first point is noteworthy because it has a direct correlation with the Preamble of the Constitution.

Last month, the Gauhati High Court ruled that the government of Chief Minister Lalthanhawla violated Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution when it appointed 35 doctors as medical officers back in August 2013. The Court found the state government guilty of favouritism, also a direct violation of Schedule 3, part 5 of the Constitution. 

Part of the judgement reads (in Mizo) - "22.8.2013-a medical officer 35 lakna order tihchhuahah hian langtlanga thil tih a awm lo a, sorkarin dik lo takin thil a ti a ni." It basically says that there was no transparency and that the government violated the law. http://www.vanglaini.org/tualchhung/22814

In January 2014, the government selected an unqualified applicant for the position of Resource Teacher at the Hnahthial Block Resource Centre, SSA amongst other qualified applicants in what seems to be a clear case of favouritism. The individual selected for the job is from within the Congress party. This action on the part of the government violates Articles 14 and 16 and Schedule 3 part 5 of the Constitution, not to mention the very spirit of the Preamble. http://www.vanglaini.org/tualchhung/15293 

Former Finance Minister and current Vice-Chairman of the State Planning Board Liansailova admitted in the Assembly House that the funding for the unsustainable populist policy NLUP did not actually come from any outside source but was entirely carved out of the state's normal budget. Up until the former Finance Minister's shocking admission, the ruling Congress party consistently told the people of Mizoram that the NLUP would be funded by a "special package" from the Indian government. Today, the Congress government has blown a big hole in the state's budget due to the immoral and possibly illegal diversion of funds to a political project aimed at the majority of voters in the rural areas in the name of "helping" them. 

This has resulted in the consolidation of all grants from the central government. Certain sections of government employees experience almost chronic delay in payment of their wages. A police outpost in Thenzawl is without a vehicle despite their dire need. The town of Lawngtlai has been under an unconstitutionally imposed lockdown called "bandh" for two days (and counting) as a result of the failure of the government to appoint or confirm a Geography and a Sociology teacher. Several nurses not only feel let down by the government but also suffered physical assault and sexual harassment at the hands of the police only to be later told to just obey the law or else. Truck owners in Lunglei, who are owed a huge amount of money for the hiring of their trucks to transport government rice, are told to have some "mutual understanding" because the government does not have the money to pay its bill. The list goes on.

The bottom line seems to be a case of gross incompetence. The Chief Minister was asked during an interview last year before the election if he thought the state's roughly 5000 crore debt was a burden. He replied saying he was not aware of such debt. Several months down the line, the leading Aizawl newspaper Vanglaini obtained a document showing the total amount of debt the government had accumulated. As of financial year 2013-2014, the amount is Rs.5545.95 crore. The Chief Minister not only did not clarify whether he thought it was a burden but totally ignored the question and deliberately misled the people of the state by denying the existence of such an amount. He later admitted it in a meeting with the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who seemed rather unimpressed.

In the area of law and order, the state police has refused to register a criminal case in clear violation of the Criminal Code of Procedure Sec 154 and the now repealed Mizoram Total Liquor Prohibition Act that declares all offences pertaining to liquor a cognizable crime and the consumption of alcohol without permission illegal. The Chief Minister and his wife were photographed on the night of April 21 this year in the capital Aizawl at their friends' home allegedly drinking Foster's beer, a prohibited item under the draconian and meaningless law enacted under the same Chief Minister in his previous government. Due to the Superintendent of Police's hesitation to follow the law, the issue is currently with the Home Minister who was sent an email this week clearly outlining his Constitutional obligation to uphold the law by instructing the police to enforce the law.

If the government is continually unable to pay its employees their wages, tax the public motorists 15 years on their vehicles and buys new luxury cars after 5 years of using their cars using public money, fails to collect close to 300 crore rupees on forest revenue, unable to secure its borders, unable to resolve a stand-off in Lawngtlai, unable to successfully prosecute drug smugglers running wild (the former Health Minister was involved in a scandal but the police did not pursue the case), unable to recruit new employees based on merit, unable to provide continuous electricity all in violation of the spirit of the Preamble and Articles of the Constitution, it increasingly appears that the state government is unable to perform its constitutional duty.

The trajectory is clearly not vertical but rather downward spiral day by day. As the state witnesses the gradual breakdown of the constitutional machinery and functioning of the state, one seriously wonders whether it is only a matter of time before the Governor (whoever wants to be one after all that musical chair!) will exercise his Constitutional and moral responsibility and ask the central government to save the people of Mizoram from their failing government? Is there a case for Art 356? The irony is that the government is building a case against itself. 

KHEHPUAM LEH MIZORAM

Mizoramah hian, a pawimawh dan indawtin, sorkar leh khawtlang tana ngaih pawimawh ber tur han chhawpchhuak dawn ta ila tanna ber tur hriat a har duh khawp ang.

Kohhran thlirna atang chuan zu hi a ni mai thei a. Chu pawh chu kohhran hruaitu thenkhatten awmze neia sawihona awm thei tura an rilru an hawn tlat loh avangin rahchhuah nei tura sawihona hi a awm thei lo a ni ber mai. Sorkarin MLPC Bill a pass dawna duhlohna lantir mimal leh kohhran te khan an duhlohna lai leh an duhloh chhan mumal tak an rawn sawi dawn emaw ka lo ti a. Mahse, an ti tlat lo. “Zu zuar sorkar kan duh lo” ti ang zawnga in au khumna ang chi ah khan an tawp a ni deuh ber. MLTP dan thatlohzia leh awmzia a neih lohzia te, kenkawh (implement) a theih miah loh dan te pawh an hre deuh vek chungin MLTP dan chu kan thatpui angin an sawi lui tlat a. Home Minister-in kohhran an rawn dawn loh thu a han sawi pawh kha, sorkar ngaihtuahna atang chuan thil awmlo a ni miah lo. Amaherawhchu, sawi chhuah kher loh turah lo dah ta zawk se sorkar tan chuan zu chungchang hi buaipui a awlsam zawk ngei ang. Zu chungchangah hi chuan Presbyterian leh Baptist Kohhran hruaitute ngaihtuahna hi a buaithlak hle, Lal Isua nun leh Bible zirtirna nen a inmil bawk si lo.

Kan tlawmngai pawl YMA hruaitute hi, “Enge kan rama buaipui ngai ber?” tiin zawt ta ila, sorkar tih ngei ngei zawk tur tih mumala awm si lo a tam em avang hian sawi ber tur pawh an hriat a rinawm loh. An buaipui tam tak te hi dan mit atanga en chuan tih theihna an nei miah lova. A thenah phei chuan dan an bawhchhe hial zawk a ni. Amaherawhchu dan kengkawhtu tur ber zawkin hma a lak thin si loh emaw a tih tak tak thin si loh chuan, “ram leh hnam” rilrua han chet mai hi YMA lam tan chuan thil remchang tak niin a lang. Dan erawh an zawm thinloh chuan anmahni tan a thalo thei a. An hmalakna awmze nei lovin a chhuak thei a ni. An ngaihthlak duh chuan dan lam hria, Mizo hnam rilru pu tha tak thurawn an tangkaipuiin a rinawm.

CYMA hruaitute hi sorkar hnathawk an nih chuan hruaitu nihna atangin inhnukdawk vek se a that laiin an hmalakna thenkhat ngaihpawimawh atana tha a awm nual. Chu’ng zinga mi pakhat chu damdawi ruihhlo chungchang hi a ni.

Tunlaiin kan ramah mihring nunna tichhe vek thei ruihhlo hlauhawm tak siamna damdawi hmanga hausak thut pawisa lo an tam hle niin a lang. Kan mihausa chhungkua te, dan leh thupek kengkawh tura mi rawih te leh politics lama mi challang te pawh hi a inhnamhnawih nasa zingah an tel tih kan hretlang awm e.

Nikum August 10 khan Pu Lalrintluanga Sailo, General Secretary, MNF chuan "Pseudoephedrine-a sumdawnga hausa Aizawl veng hrang hrang - Zarkawt, Electric Veng, Bara Bazar leh hmun dangtea in hmun leh in dinglai cheng maktaduai tam taka leitu hian Health minister (Lalrinliana Sailo) fapa drug licence hmangin ruihhlo a tawlh ṭhin tih hmuhchhuah a ni” tiin MNF headquarter Hnam Runah a sawi a.

MNF Vigilance department hotute sawi danin, Pu Lalrinliana Sailo fapa Jacob Lalrinpuia hminga damdawi zawrhna licence hi Zokhawthara hman a ni. (A kil khawp mai!)

Pu Rinliana chuan a insawifiahnaah a pa-in kum 1945 atanga damdawi zawrhna licence a neih tawh thu leh damdawi zuar thin an nih thu a sawi a. A fapa hminga damdawi zawrhna licence an nei chhunzawm chu inthiam lohna an neih loh thu a sawi bawk a ni.

A sawizelnaah MNF leh eptu party dang ten damdawi ruihhlo tawlhruknaa inhnamhnawiha an puhna chu politics thila amah mimal an beihna niin a sawi a. Thu diklo hulhual a nih thu a sawi nghe nghe. Damdawi thalo tawlhruk chu thlahte thlenga tawrh theih nia a ngaih avanga a haw berte zinga mi a nih thu te pawh a sawi hial a nih kha.

Health Services Joint Director Lalsawma’n thuthar lakhawmtute hnenah, "Drugs licence nei tur hian danah educational qualification ngai a inziak lo a, kum zat pawh a inziak lo," tiin a sawi a. Dan anga Pu RinlianDamdawi lam thiamna nei lovin drug licence an neih theih loh tawpna tur dan a awm lo," tiin a sawi a ni. Pu Lalsawma’n a sawi zelnaah damdawi lama thiamna nei lo pawh, sorkarin rintlaka a ngaih chu damdawi zawrhna licence an pe thova, pharmacist erawhin an enpui tur a nih thu a sawi.

Aizawl Police te leh Electric Veng YMA ten an man

a fapa Jacob Lalrinpuia'n damdawi zawrhna licence a neih theih lohna tur a awm loh thu sawiin, "

Kan Health Minister hluiin a fapa hminga damdawi zawrhna licence lo awm hi a hriatpui ngei a, chu licence chu damdawi tawlhru ten an hmang nia a lan hnuah pawh inthiamlohna a neih loh thu a sawi kha a mak angreng hle.. A fapa hminga damdawi zawrhna licence diklo taka lo hmangtu ten an chhungkaw hming an tichhe vek thei tih a hriat pawha a fihlimzia a sawi baka inthiamlohna a neih loh thu a sawi daih khan zawhna a siam tam ta zawk hlein a lang.

Hmansuala pawi thui thei deuh damdawi zawrhna licence chungchangah Pu Lalsawma’n sorkar duhsak zawng tupawhin licence an nei thei a tih han hriat phei kha chuan hmang sual duhte tan kawng a inhawnzau zia a hriat theih awm e. Pu Rinliana hi, ama insawi anga, damdawi thalo hmanga sum siamnaah hian a fihlim vek a nih pawhin a fapa hian enge a hriat tih zawhna hi chhanlohvin a la awm reng niin a lang.

Inhnamhnawiha rinhlelh vanga thuneituten an man Rampanmawia’n December 2011 atanga pseudoephedrine a buaipui thin thu a sawi khan Excise Commissioner hlui Pu Lalbiakmawia Khiangte khan thu tlinga a pawm loh thu a heti hian a sawi a, “thil a sawi kual a sawi kual a, thu tlingah kan pawm lo”. A hnu zela thil kal dan chu kan hre vek awm e. A tawi zawngin sawi ta ila, a zuzi a ni ber mai.

Australian Federal Police in $525 million hu crystal meth an man a veng lai

Australia ramah pawh hian khehpuam ruihhlo pseudoephedrine atanga siam “ice” an tih mai crystal methamphetamine hi an buaipui nasa hle a. The Daily Telegraph chanchinbu in a tarlan dan chuan New South Wales state ah ringawt pawh Sept 1, 2013 atanga Aug 28, 2014 chhungin ice ruihhlo siamna laboratory 100 lai police ten an man chhuak a. (Hemi link ah hian report kimchang a chhiar theih - http://bit.ly/1lti2Zj) A khat tawk hian khehpuam ang chi hi an man zeuh zeuh bawk a. Tum khat an man phei chu a rawn kalna an han chhui khan India ram an chhui thleng daih mai. Mizo kutchhuak pawh a lo awm ve nual lovang tih a sawitheih loh.

He damdawi hi ruihhlo hlauhawm berte zinga mi a ni a. Durtlang damdawi ina ruihhlo ngai enkawltute zinga mi Dr.Lalchhanhima Ralte sawi dan phei chuan khehpuam atang siam methamphetamine ruihhlo ngai te hi enkawlna (damdawi) a awmlo a ti hial a ni. http://bit.ly/1sUFi19

Kan sorkar chak tak hian he damdawi hlauhawm tak hi nasa taka a do a tul, YMA zawk tih tir lovin. Home leh Excise Minister in man ngamloh a neih loh thu a sawi tawh bawk a, Health Minister pawhin he ruihhlo hlauhawm hi thalai te nun leh hriselna nasa takin a tichhe thei a ni tih hrenawnin buaipui tur No.1 zingah dah se a tha hle ang. A nih loh chuan chhungkaw tam tak leh anmahni chhungkua ngei pawhin an tawh vanduaina ang kha kan ram hian a hmachhawn thar leh thei dawnin a lang.