The Chakmas of Mizoram are not migrants from Bangladesh - L K Advani

Courtesy: MCDF | New Delhi:

A letter dated 10th January 1995 says Chakmas of Mizoram are not migrants from Bangladesh

"The Chakmas of Mizoram are not migrants from Bangladesh as is the case of some Chakmas elsewhere. For the Chakmas this (Western Mizoram) part of the country has been an ancestral homeland since long before Independence." - Dangu L. K Advani, MP & Sr BJP Leader.

An emotional Dangu Lalkrishna Advani wrote to S B Chavan (then Home Minister of India) in 1995. 

"It is believed that most senior leaders of the ruling party share empathy with the Chakma community. However, we need apt, able and determined Chakma leadership to convert those empathy into Affirmative Action. We have more reasons to work harder and achieve our goal", wrote MCDF in its Pogodang.

Here we reprodcuce the valuable Letter of Dangu LK Advani to then Home Minister of India, further added to strengthened its asserts that the "Chakmas are the indigenous residents of the western part of Mizoram".