Vice President Naidu addresses Mizoram assembly session
Mentioned landmark memorandum of peace settlement to restore peace
PR / Our Bureau
AIZAWL, March 10 2022: Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu Thursday addressed the legislators of Mizoram Legislative Assembly on concluding day of the Budget Session.
The Vice President of India started his speech in Mizo saying ‘Chibai vek ula, in bula ka awm hi ka lawm em em a ni’ which meant ‘greetings to everyone, I am extremely pleased to be amongst you’; which was applauded by all Members of the House. In his 30 minute address, the Vice President congratulated the Mizoram Legislative Assembly on completion of 50 years, which coincides with the country’s Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate India’s remarkable progress on its democratic journey of 75 years. 
He expressed his admiration at the way Mizoram has deepened the country’s democratic roots by peaceful electoral processes, graceful conduct of legislators in the Assembly and sustained, inclusive development endeavour over the last five decades.
The Vice President while noting that the sessions of the House are conducted with utmost discipline, diligence and decorum congratulated the Members in setting a high benchmark that other state legislatures and even the Parliament can emulate. He also mentioned that Mizoram had exemplified the essential dimension of democracy in its recognition of making development people-centric and empowering people to become active agents of positive change.
Speaking on the landmark Memorandum of Settlement between the Government of India, the Government of Mizoram and the Mizo National Front in 1986 which ended more than two decades of unrest and strife, he said “Mizoram has demonstrated the power of dialogue and peaceful settlement of disputes so essential in a democracy. The signing of the historic this Peace Accord has served as an example upon which similar peace agreements have become a reality in other parts of the North Eastern region”.
He lauded the state’s initiative in strengthening grass-root level democracy also the role the harmonious environment with the active involvement of the Church, the non-governmental organizations and the civil society under which regular elections have been held in the State at all levels in the most peaceful manner. He said this is truly a tribute to the character of the people determined to enhance the quality of our country’s democratic ethos.
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