People erupted in violent protests against the planned resettlement of thousands of Bru migrants permanently at Kanchanpur sub-division of North Tripura.

Try this PYQ:

 

Q. With reference to ‘Changpa’ community of India, consider the following statement:

1. They live mainly in the State of Uttarakhand.
2. They rear the Pashmina goats that yield fine wool.
3. They are kept in the category of Scheduled Tribes.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (CSP 2014)

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

Who are the Brus?

• Reangs or Brus are the second largest ethnic group in Mizoram.
• Their exodus in 1997 was spurred by violent clashes in Mamith subdivision, a Reang-dominated area when they demanded the creation of an autonomous council that was vehemently opposed by Mizo groups.
• Around 34,000 people were forced to live in sub-human conditions in tents in Tripura. No solution could be reached all these years.
• These people were housed in temporary camps at Kanchanpur, in North Tripura.

Why have there been violent protests?

• Twenty-three years after ethnic clashes in Mizoram forced 37,000 people of the Bru (or Reang) community to flee their homes to neighbouring Tripura.
• The news was not welcomed by the Bengali and Mizo communities in Tripura.
• They fear a demographic imbalance, which would exert pressure on local resources and potentially lead to law and order problems.

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