HC VANLALRUATA ‘CAA 2019’ KHA!

Mizoram chanchinbu hlun tak Vanglaini January 13, 2020 chhuaka Pu HC Vanlalruata thuziak CAA 2019 chungchang khan ngaihtuahna a ti thuiin thil tam tak sawi zui tur leh chipchiar deuha khel zui deuh tur a awm nual in a lang.

A hmasa berah chuan kha article ah khan NDA kaihruai sawrkarin Jammu & Kashmir, India ram a Muslim te majority an nihna state awmchhun inhungbikna Constitution Article 370 a nuaibo chungchang ah sawrkar chetdanrawnthlawpni awm takinchu thutlukna chuan rin aiin nghawng a nei nasa lo niin a ngaihdan a rawn siam a. 

Khatia UT pahnih a then sawm anih hnu khan J & K – ah chuan mipui rorelna mumal pawh awm hleithei lovin sipai chakna leh tharum hmangin India sawrkarina awpbet a. Mipuiin an thlan hruaitu (democratically elected leaders) te rorel theilo a siamin mi tam tak an man khawm a. Chung zingah chuan a hma lawk a BJP in sawrkar siam tura a thurualpui PDP hotunu Mehbooba Mufti leh National Conferencehruaitu lawk Farooq Abdullah leh Omar Abdullah te chu nasa taka an chevel khuahkhirh niin house arrest in tun thlengin anla awm tih kan hria.  Nikum November thleng khan mipuiin sipai te chu lungin tum 1,996 zet an tawng a, Art 370 nuaibo hlim, August thla ngawt ah khan tum 658 zet a thleng niin RTI hmanga zawhna chhanna NDTV chuan a tarlang.  Naupang 144 lai man zingah telin kum 9 mi pawh zuah an ni lova. Naupang venhimna dan tenasa tak a palzut a ni. Cancer inenkawl lai man te, veivahna tur a awmloh vang a kawnglaka fa hring te an awm bawk. Hospital pakhat a thawk Dr Omar Salim chuan mipuiten healthcare dawn kawng a harsatna an tawh thu a tlangaupui a, a hnu lawkah chuan hei vang hian man a tawk nia sawi a ni.

India sawrkarin a thiltih dan chhuanawmloh tak hi media leh khawvel mithmuh ah pawh thupbo tumin a dinhmun zirchiang tura kal chanchinbumi te pawh nasa taka khuahkhirh an ni a.Tin, tun thlengin internet connection pawh an la chhunzawm mumal loh avangin Supreme Court phei chuan sawifiah tur leh ennawn turin sawrkarlaipui thu a pe hial ani. Laxmi Murthy leh Geeta Seshu te chuan a hmun a media rahbeh a nih dan an zirchiang a. Journalist 70 lai an kawmna leh a hmun a thil awm dan an zirchianna atangin sorkar lam duhdan kalh a thuchhuah a hlauhawmzia leh hrenbeh maini lovin an nunna thlenga a hlauhawm thu an tarlang. Sorkar chuan landline 26,000 tihnun tawh nia a sawi lai khan Kashmir valley ah chuan tlem te chauh a nung niin a tarlang.

 A tir lama he thutlukna lo lawm viau a kan ngaih Ladakh mipuite pawh khian tunah chuan mipuite rorelna tellova ahminga UT (UT without legislature) neih hian awmzia vaka neih loh zia an hrethiam tan a. An rilru ah zawhna tam tak chhanna fumfe awm silo a awm nual reng ani. Tharum thawhna nasa tak thleng pawh Pu Ruata hian alo hre fuhlo ani mai thei e. Indian media ten an report hleitheih loh laiin BBC, Al Jazeeraleh International media house thenkhat te chuan tharum thawhna rapthlak takte, mipui nawlpui zalenna hmeh mih tumna leh nekchepa an awm nasat zia an report chamchi reng chu anih hi. Mi sang fe chhan tha tawk awm lova hren beh anni a. Internet leh phone connection mipui nawlpui tan hunrei tak chhung tihtawp anih bawk avangin internet ban te hi hlihfel anih hunah mipui tuarna rapthlak tak tak chu chiang zawkin ala hriat theih ngei ang. Hetiang thuziak leh sawina news source kan hmuh tamloh avanga engmah vak thlenglo anga ngaih chu thil awm reng tawh sa leh a hria ten an sawi ‘ka hmuh hma chu ka awihlo’ tih thuthlung vuan tlat an sawi ang mai kha kan ni dawnin alang.  Kashmir chungchang bik hi chu a hranpa a khel tham a awm avangin duhtawk rih dawn ila. 

Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 chungchang bul thum a rawn sawina hi chu han sawi zui tur a awm vaklo nachungin “Hindu thuthlung (Hindutva) la vawngtute thiltih a ngaih anih avangin, Hindu ni ve lo tam tak chuan an er ni main a lang bawk”….tih a sawi atanga thil chiang tak lo langchhuak ta chu kan senior journalist, mipuite pawhin a thuziak kan ngainat em em leh thil chik taka zirchiang hmasa a, huaisen taka thuziak thin nia kan hriat hian Hinduism leh Hindutva danglamna te, tuna CAA duhlova dodaltu tam tak zingah hian Hindu sakhaw zuitute pawh an awm mai nilovin a tam ber anni zawk tih hi hre lovin hetiang thutlukna leh thlirna pangkhing tak hi a rawn nei ta mai emawni dawn le aw a tih theih. A chhan chu Hinduism hi sakhaw ropui leh upa ber pawl, philosophy leh school of thought pawh chi hrang tam tak awm; Hinduism hi Kristianna te, Islam te, Buddhism te ang thova sakhuana/ sakhaw biakchi khat (religious way of life) a ni ve mai a.Chutih rual chuan Hindutva erawh chu a kal fawr zual ten sakhuana kawra hmanga politik a lal an khelhna hmanrua a ni ber zawk ani. Hindu sakhaw betu mi tam tak zingah Hindutva ideology thlawp leh thlawplo hi an in pawlh nawk reng ani. Hun hmasa lama Kristiante zinga tharum hmanga ram lak duh pawl (Crusaders) ho thiltih zawng zawngte khaChristian zirtirna nen a hmehbel vek a theih loh dan leh Christian zingah pawh sawisel a dodaltu tam tak an awm thute, Muslim firfiak pawl'ISIS'leh Taliban ho chetdan rawva tak leh Islam zirtirna a inmil vek lemloh dan leh Muslim tam takin an dodal dan ang bawk hian Hinduism leh Hindutva hi thil thuhmun ni mai awma lang, mahse awmze hran leh thiltum (objective) nei hran daih anni tih hi kan hriat thar a pawimawh khawp mai. Hindu puithiam leh scholar thenkhat pawhin Hindutva agenda an duhlohna hi an auchhuahpui fova; chung zingah chuan Swami Agnivesh hi a langsar ber pawl a ni/ ber hial awm e. Ani phei chu a thil thlir dan leh ngaituahna zau tak avangte, hnam hnufual leh sakhaw te nau zawk te thlavang a hauh thin vang te in Hindu firfiakho beih a tawk nasa hle ani. Chuvang chuan tuna CAA duh lova India ram puma dodalna nasa tak awm hi non-Hindu (Hindu nive lote)chauh nilovin sakhaw tin zuitu – Hindu te ngei pawh tela dodalna ani a. Gandhi-a, Nehru-a, leh Ambedkar-a te vision ang a hnam hrang hrang leh sakhaw hrang hrang be tute inngeih tlang taka an khawsak ho dial dial theihna tur ‘Plural/Multi-cultural India’ pawngsual leh tihchhiat a a awm mek hi ngaingam lovin hengho hian ke an rawn penchhuak ani tih hi hmuh hmaih luih theih ani lovang.Uttar Pradesh ah chuan lungawilohna lantir zing a tel,activist pakhat Robin Verma chu police ten an man a, “Hindu I ni a, engvangin nge Muslim te nen in inthian?” tiin an vau a, a chhungte dinhmun atana a hlauhawm tur thu thlengin an hrilh a ni. Zirna lam a ram pum mai nilo khawvel pum huap a mi langsar engemawzat in CAA an duhloh thu leh an duhloh chhan an lo tlangaupui te pawh hi ngaihtuah tham a tling bawk.

Tin, India ram kalphungah ramin zalenna a hmuh tirh atangin sakhua(religion) hi khua leh tui nihna tura atana tehkhawng (critieria) a hman ala ni ngai lo. Chutiang nilo tur chuan India Danpui duang tura din Constituent Assembly-ah pawh nasa taka inhnial leh sawiho anih hnuin hruaitu hmasa te khan khatih hun laia ram thar piang dang Pakistan te ang lo takinIndia hi Hindu tam berna ram ni in ram Danpui duangtu te zingah pawh a tam ber ni mahsesawrkar ngei pawhin sakhaw tih bik a nei thianglo tiin ‘democratic-secular principle’ chu India ram innghahna lungphum pawimawh ber pakhat ni turin anlo nemnghet tawh a. Chumi khawih danglama ‘Hindurashtra’(Hindu Lalram) din tumna kawng reng reng chu India ram lo pian dan leh a inghahna lungphum khawihchhiatna leh ram Danpui pawisak lohna lian tak ani tih hi a dodaltute rilru a lian ber pakhat ani. 

Pu Ruata khan chiangkuanglo takin India ram independence lai vel ti hian a rawn sawi bawk a… "Kum 1947 a India in zalenna a hmuh hun kha British India kan tih mai (India, Pakistan, Burma) te sakhaw tlawhchhana inthendarh (partition) nen a inang a..” tiin. Hetah pawh hian a ziaktu hian a history bu chhiar a fuhlo nge chhiar mumal lovin a ziak ni dawn ni (?); heng ram pathum a sawi zingah hian sakhaw behchhana ram valh chu Muslim League hovin Muhammad Ali Jinnah hova an din Pakistan chauh hi ani a. India ram leh Burma erawh sakhaw behchhana ram piang ani velo tih hi India ram leh British Indian history zirbingtute thuziak chhiar chuan a chiang hle ani. 

 India chu sakhaw tlawhchhana ram din bik anih lohzia chu ram danpui (Constitution) ah chiang takin kan hmu a. Gandhi-a te remti lo chung Muslim League in sakhaw behchhana Pakistan ram pianna tura hma an lakna khan Hindu leh Muslim te insuatna rapthlak'communal riot' nasa tak a tichhuak nghe nghe anih kha. Khami duhlotu zingah khan Gandhi-a mai bakah a hnua India rama hruaitu langsar tak tak Islam sakhaw zuitu Abdul Kalam Azad te, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan te kha India chanchin ziakna ah hian an hnathawh theihnghilh chi ani lovang. Chuvanga chuan India ram chu Pakistan ang lovin sakhaw tihbik neilo ram ni turin alo zi chhuak ta reng ani. Tin, Burma phei hi chu India independent hma kum 10 daih tawh (1937) khan British Indian Empire atanga lak hran alo ni tawh bawk.

Burma ram hi sakhaw tihbik leh chi/ hnam bil tihbik neia din a nih lohzia chu an ram independent dawna Panglong Conference Agreement leh a hnu a (sipai rorelna in an ram a awp beh hma a) Burma ram Constitution atang khan fiah takin a lang.He history hi uluk taka kan chhui chuan Pu Ruata sawi ang ni chiah lovin heng ram pathum – India, Pakistan leh Burma zingah hian sakhaw tlawhchhana ram lo piang chu Pakistan chauh hi ani tih kan hre thei ang. ‘IAS officer hlun tak kum 90 dawn a upa’ in a hrilh kha Luka ziak ang mai in alo pawm nghal hmiah mai niin a lang bawk a. Chumi avang chuan Hindu firfiak hovin sakhaw tenau zawk betute laka an ngaihtuahna pawh engemaw chen a zuk hriatthiampui theih thu pawh a lang a. 

Census record uluk taka kan chhui chuan 1951 ah Hindu 84.1 % leh Muslim 9.8 %, 1961 ah Hindu 83.45 % leh Muslim 10.69 %, 1971 ah Hindu 82.73 % leh Muslim 11.21 %  a ni a, 2001 ah Hindu 80.46 % leh Muslim 13.43 %, 2011 ah Hindu 79.80 % leh Muslim 14.23 % ani tih a lang a. 1951-a Hindu population 84.1% atanga 2011-a 79.80 tla thla ta pawh hi Hindu an tlem ta thut tihna nilovin sakhaw dang pawh an inthlah pun ve reng avangin Hindu sakhaw zuitu te bik hi pung tho mahse an punna rate a chhe deuh hret e tihna ani ber mai. Chuvang chuan India ram mihring zawng zawng atanga chhuta 80 % dawn population neitu Hindu sakhaw zuitu te tan hian hlauhthawn tur a awm lem lova, him ta tlatlo anga inhriatna hi chu Hindutva politics hrisel lovin mi thenkhat ngaihtuahna a hlauhna awmze neilo a tuh rahchhuah ni mai in a lang. Chumi population than dan rate inanglo deuh hret avang leh chumi behchhan a hlauhna siamchawp (manufactured-fear) hmang tangkai a Hindurashtra (Hindu Lalram) din an tumna hmanraw pawimawh tak pakhat 'CAA' lo pawmzam mai chu a hnam/sakhaw te nau deuh chauhte nilovin Hindu sakhaw zuitu tam tak pawhin an hriatthiam hleitheih loh chu ani. 

Tin, hemi kaihhnawih deuh bawk a sawi tel Assam Movement 1980 chhova awm kha Muslim hrim hrim duhlohna lam ai mahin foreigner hrim hrim, eng sakhaw bia pawh, duhlohna(anti-foreigner movement) lam ani mah zawk a. Chubakah… "Assam state district tam ber a Hindu tam zawkna thin ah Muslim an tam zawk ta a, chu chuan an ngaih a ti tha lova…” tih phei hi chuan engmah tui a pai lemlo. A chhan chu 2011 Census data bawk kan en leh chuan Assam ah hian Hindu population 61. 47 % ani a, Muslim chu 34.22 % ani ve thung. Tin, district hi a vai in 27 a awm a; chung district 27 ah chuan 18 chu Hindu majority awmna ani a, district 9 ah chauh Muslim chuan majority an nei ve thung. A chunga kan sawi ang leh Pu Ruata ngeiin a Assamese thianpa Utpal-a thusawi a rawn quote “…the protest is against giving citizenship to illegal immigrants from Bangladesh irrespective of their religion” tih hian a rawn kalh leh nghal a. Chuvang chuan a thuziak pawh hi a inkawlkalh (contradict) deuh nuai mai ani. 

“CAA do chu ram hmangaihna leh mi hawi zau nihna ang reng deuhvah kan hmang ta a ni ber a”, han tih te hi thu chuangtlai leh tawngkam chaltlai tak a ni a. India ram state pakhat a cheng ve riang ruang Vairengte thlang lam a thil vir vel leh India ram pum ang a thil vir vel man pha lo nihna chi khat te pawh a ni ta ve ang. ‘Keini min huam chuanglo’ ti zawngakan mi hawiharh pawl tur a ngaih ten hetiang a CAA duhlotu an han dem mai te hian khua a ti var lo hle. “CAA hi tumahin dan tha tak a ni e an tih a rinawm lem loh…”a han ti zeta, chumi hnu ah he dan thatlohna lai pehhel chunginCAA duhlotu te chu khitiang tak khian a han dem ta piap mai a.‘…Mah se dan thalo chuan min huam ve lova’ a han tih te khian Vairengte pel lova CAA chungchang thlir hleitheilo a nihna leh India ram leh a ziarang te, CAA chu ‘Unity in diversity’ ti a India ziarang mawi tak ni thin, Hindutva project mil a kal tum RSS political wing BJP ten an sawithiah mekna hmanrua a nihna te chu haiderin a rawn thup ngar ngar a. CAB duhlo Kohhran te tawngtaina leh thalaite hmalakna te pawh chu incheina (fashion)” ram hmangaihna leh mi hawi zau nihna angreng deuhva hmang” ah a rawn chhuah ta ngawt mai a ni. Dan thalo leh diklo tih kan pawm tlan sa reng hi keimahni mimal min huam ve rih loh avang mai hian kan support dawn (kan dodal ngam dawnlo) tihna em ni ang? Moral principle mumal tak nei tan chuan a dik thei meuh dawn em ni? Hitlera’n Juda ho a suat vakna dan/policy khan Juda kan nihve loh avangin min huam ve ta lova, chuvang chuan khami genocide/annihilation policy rapthlak tak kha kan dodal ve dawnlo tihna em ni dawn? Dan tha lo leh diklo kan do duh leh duh lohna chhan hi keimahni mimalin tuna kan tawrh ve leh tawrh ve loh (self-interest) ringawtah a inghah chuan a buaithlakin a diklo hle ang. A mihring lo em em a, a Mizo lova, a Christian lo em em bawk. 

Tin, CAA protest movement hi ram pum huapin ala kal mup mup reng a. Supreme Court ah te pawh petition thehluh niin court lam hian engtin nge thutlukna a siam dawn a hriat lemloh a. Tuna India ram judiciary dinhmun ngun taka thlir chuan SC lakah pawh hian beiseina sang tak neih a har deuh mai thei e. Chutih rual chuan he sawrkar thutlukna duhlohna hi kil hrang hrang ah chhan hrang hrang vang in dodaltu an awm tih chu kan hriat tlan ani a. A chhan lian zual pahnih NE leh India ram hmun dangte protest na ki in anglo deuh hlek pawh a hmuh theih a. Northeast lamah chuan a ram leilung fa (indigenous communities) te tana himlo nia ngaih anih avangin dodalna a nasa hle a. Tuna CAA laka 'temporary relief'nei (he danin a huam tel ve rih loh)zingah pawh state tinah protest NGO leh civil society organization hrang hrang huaihawtin hmuh tur a awm a. A chhan chu CAA dan in an state a huam telve rih loh avang ringawtin he dan hi a that phah chuang lova. An thenawm state thenkhat ah hman anih tho dawn avangin khuareiah he temporary relief hian awmzia a neih tak tak an rin loh vang ani.  Chu thlirna chu a pawmawm viau mai. Tin, NE region piah lam India ram hmun danga an dodalna chhan lian ber erawh India Danpui in a tum (Constitutional ethos) leh UNO human rights charter kalh a sakhaw tih bik neia khua leh tui nih theihna dan siam anih vang ani ber. Chu chuan India ram in zalenna a hmuh atanga vawiin thlenga a innghahna lungphum pawimawh berte zing ami ‘dan hnuaia a sakhaw mal tihbik neilo leh intluk tlanna’ thuthlung chu a khawih chingpen tak vang a ni. 

- C. Zonunmawia, St Xavier’s College, Lengpui

- B Lallianngura, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT - Bombay