The verdict of the Mizoram assembly election dethroned the Mizo National Front after a decade in power. The Congress returns to rule a distress-ridden state suffering from a food crisis and famine in various peripheries.
The return of the Congress to power is the change that has been long awaited. The anti-incumbency factor had stacked up against the MNF.
– David Buhril
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December 8th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
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mautam vangin MNF an ron in siam chhova.. mautam vangin an tla leh ti ta ila a dik na lai chu awm ang .
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December 8th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Why Pu Zoramthana lost his Bial him??????
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December 8th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Link-a comment ah khian Mizoram awmna an inhrilh nasa mai
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December 8th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Mizoram Election-ah ZAWLNEI pawhin an sawilawk ngam tawh lo! Rin loh ang tak takin thil a thleng ta a ni ber e; Congress pawhin a tlak hun lai kha hre nawn fo se; MNF pawhin lesson thar a zir ve chiang ta! Mipui pawhin DREAM PUITLING kan neih a ngai; therhlo mai maiin ZORAM hi kan hruaitu zahawm tak tak te hmang hian i khalh kal lo vang u.
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December 8th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
David Buhril te hi thi report a thiam khawp mai. Rediff a vaiho inhnial hi a ngaihnawm thin. Inhnial tir an awl khawp mai.
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December 8th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Rev Chanchinmawia thlarau pawhin THUDIK a la duh fan ngei ang. Engnge a ngaihdan ni ve ang le? MNF pawh Unconstitution leh Constitution kalphungin kum 50 lai ro a rel tawh a; kum 50-na hi Bible kalphung ang phei chuan JUBILEE a ni a; rethei leh nungchate pual a ni thin. Zofa, retheiten hun thar an dai kai ve ta angah ngai ila, rahbi tleu tawh kha ke nghah chhan kan lo rap ve leh tan ta a ni tih pawh thlan thar Congress-te hian an vawn reng a ngai khawp ang. RORELTU LU ber chu Pathian Nung a ni takzet a ni.
Lalduhoma, Brig. Thenphunga Sailo, Lal Thanhawla te in lawmpuiawm e; Zoramthanga pawh mipui mar dek thiam leh sauh turin finna tha zawk a chhar chhuah ka duhsak hle. Hruaitu tling tak tak vek in ni a, in capicity theuhvin theihtawpa thawk mi vek, Zofate tana chhuanawm vek in ni.
Chhuanawm in nihna hi a takin, hmuh theihin, ZORAM KALSIAM, hmasawnna lamtluangah hian inpe tak tak turin ka tawngtaipui a che u. Tling lote pawh vui lo ula; Pathian remruatna zelah kan awm a ni tih hai reng reng suh u. Candidate 206-te kha tling vek ula, in thahnemngaihna zawn vekah Zoram tan han thawk tlang suau suau mai ula kei phei chuan ka ti a ni.
Chaklohna nei vek, tlin lohna nei vek kan ni a. Thawkhat chawimawina kan kova a innghah chhung rei lo teah hian HNAM RO HLU i din thar ngei ang u. Sipai sawn chhuah, Community Hall tih vel aia lian tham SIX BASIC NEEDS an tihfo aia tha kha Zoram rethei riangvai hian a mamawh asin!
MNF Sorkar tla ta pawh khan theihtawp in chhuah e, tling zo ta lo Candidate-te pawh khan theihtawpa Zoram tana thawh in duh tih kan hai lo; hmeichhe candidate-te rawh chu kan lo la dah lian tawk lo a ni thei; “Pathian Nung” hi thinlung tel tawhin i dawr thar tawh tak tak ang u. Democracy hi Lincoln-a chuan ‘by, for, of the people…’ a ti; people hi ‘Mahni party chauh’ sawina a ni ngai lo bawk e. Sorkar thar pathian Nung hnenah ka hlan e, Opposition pawh heuhbeuh satliah ni lo, constructive tak an nih ka duhsak e.
Mipui-te hian Election-ah chauh Hruaitute hnena SURPRISE BALLOT pe lovin, rorel hun chhung ngei pawha tihhlawhtlin tur REMIND-tu ni uar tawh sela, hmuingilna leh anchhia-ah kan zawh tur lam lamah i fimkhur ang u.
Thanks to all, most to God.
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December 8th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Pu Hawla chu tun tuma hming a chher chuan a hmaa a hming that vak lohna zawng zawng kha a tireh ngei ang le. Tunah pawh eng a nih loh chuan hmingtha lo hlen tawh thung ang. Inthlan leh hi chuan mipui rilru sukthlek leh thil thlir dan a dang tawhin ka ring. Educated ho hian mipuite hi kaih harh a ngai. Local politics mai ni lo hmasawnna lam hawipolitics hi buaipui ve tawh teh ang u. Kum tin hmasawn dan leh hmalak dan te hi ngun takin zir ila, publicize thin ila. Sawrkar sawisel dan tur tawk leh thawhpui na tur chi te pawh hi kan inzirtir a ngai. Minsister leh MLA ten mahni party ni lote kan khual en mai anih chuan ram hruaitu kan ni phak lo tihna.
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December 9th, 2008 at 2:24 am
Cong an lawmpui awm tak zet..Hetih tual erawh a thinlung a lo lian nghal chu ram hlui politik mawlh an chhawm leh ang tih a a hlauhawm.. chung lamin a koh na hi tih hlawhtlin ngei tum se,sawrkar hmasa thiltha tih e.g MR bill te pawh han chhun zawm se, LALTHANHAWLA ngei hian zoram thar buk chu min han tan pui tawh teh se…
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December 9th, 2008 at 2:38 am
Va nuam vele; Congress tling chu.
Result kimchang han post t’u, zorama awmte khan.
‘UDA-in bial nga an la lovang’ ka tih kha in la hre hlawm emaw?
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December 9th, 2008 at 4:55 am
Tinge MNF an chak loh chhan maw? Vote an hmuh tlem vang mawle.
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December 9th, 2008 at 5:41 am
I give Congress 2 years till we’re thoroughly sick of them.
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December 9th, 2008 at 6:26 am
Tuna kan thlan tlinte zinga milehkhathiam an awm nual hian ngaih a titha kher mai.
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December 9th, 2008 at 6:46 am
Thirkut: I am homesick
caribou: ilo chik ve maw… police leh sipai hi high sikul pass chin tak2..thingtlang atanga certificate lei nilo la se… politics khel a, in candidate tur hian college graduate tal ni bawk se ka lo ti thin asin.
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December 9th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Mizoram chu in vannei tawh dawn hle mai. A ruk tein ka thik cheu. Manipur chu sawi lo mai ang…… Sawrkar thar chuan hmasawnna rahbi thar a thlen pui ngei theihna tur cheu in ka duhsak na sang ber ka hlan a cheu… GOD BLESS MIZORAM…
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December 9th, 2008 at 10:30 am
They lost coz of too much deviation from their INTODELHNA POLICY. Rightly said MNF was formed due to FAMINE caused by bamboo flowering and they lost people’s confidence due to mis-management of FAMINE.
They lack focus for common man, they cocktail their policy and keep on changing ideas. Look at what they had done last 10yrs NO LANDMARK ACHIEVEMENT.
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December 9th, 2008 at 10:39 am
I pray that voter will NOT vote the same party more than once to power. Five years is enough to make top partymen into millionaires. Ten years is too long.
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December 9th, 2008 at 11:20 am
hna an thawk nep ani mai. hna tha tak in thawk se an tling non on on ang.
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December 9th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Hmaaana Congress ni lo Congress thar an nih ngei ka beisei toh e…
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December 9th, 2008 at 11:36 am
H.Vangchhia: hmanah ka lehkha zir chawlh laiin, khawi khuaah emawni reilote atan zirtirtu hna ka thawk a, head a zin avangin charge ka la a. Chutih lai chuan hna tau a tet tehreng anih kha. Class VIII Passed Certificate ka pechhuak hnem asin aw. Khaw dang atanga lokal pawh an tam mai. Pek loh ngam ani si lova. An ngaihtuahawm khawp ang le.
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December 9th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Lal Thanhawla bawk a CM leh ang tih hmanah ka puan lawk tawh kha!
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December 9th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Lal Thanhawla can make it whole again…ka lawmpui chuks chuks.
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December 9th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
khonge UDA kan tling dawn ti ho kha in bo tak? in pawr ve em em a, ka prediction a dik zawk tlat mai. MLA 10 vel chu in neih ve ka lo duhsak pui teh lul che u nen….
Mizoram people make pu hawl a, whole again
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December 9th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Zoramthanga khan Pathian rorel a sual ngai lo, MNF a sorkar leh dawn tia a sawi lai te kha……
ZNP hovin chumi khami inlarna tih vel an buaipui lai te kha….
Pathian kohna dawng ho kha a ko tak tak lo emawn le?
Pathian min dahna a te lovang titu phei kha chu aw…. a te lo khawp mai… a tla tawp
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December 9th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
An sawi fo thrin “Ram tina mipui-te hian anmahni phu tawk chiah sorkar/lal/hruaitu an nei thrin” an tih hi pawm ahar deuh thrina, mahse a la dik zel thovin ka hria. Abiktakin Democracy ram kan tih inthlang thei ramah chuan (an inthlanna/election a free and fair tawk tho ah ngai ila) mipui in an phu tawk sorkar an thlang fo a ni.
Khawvel sorkar inrelbawl dan tamtak zingah (Autocracy, Beaurocracy, dictatorship, Monarchy, democracy etc..) Democracy hi a thra ber anga ngaih a ni a, mahse Democracy pawh hian thrat-famkim-lohna (weak point) a nei treuh tho mai anih hi.
Abiktakin, (1)democracy ramah mipui an retheih lutuk/pachhiat lutuk chuan vote hralh mai duhna an nei a, democracy a fuh thei lo. Entirnan, Thailand inthlanpui ah Thaksin Sinawatra a pawl Thai Rak Thai party khan Thailand Hmar-Chhak lam leiletpa ho tamna ah vote an lei theih avangin an tling fo.
(2) Mipui an ‘mawl’ lutuk (illiterate) chuan democracy a fuh thei lo bawk. Mipui mawl tamna apiangah “Hero worship/mimal inchawimawi vak na” a awm thrin. India rama state ‘Illiterate ber’ Bihar ah Laloo Prasad Yadav-an lalna reitak a lak mai kha!! Amah eiruk avanga atlak hnuah a nupui Rabri Devi a la lal tir thei lehhngal a!!!
(3) Remna leh muanna awm lohna leh ‘dan’ palzuta bawhchhiatna ram (Rule of Law awm lohna) ah democracy a fuh thei lo. Hetiang ramah hian ‘Mob rule’ an tih mai mi firfiak ho lehpolitician sual hoin mi sual an fuihpawrha ram a buai a, democracy a fuh ngai lo. India ram hmun threnkhatah chuan “Mobocracy a lal ber” an tih hial khi.
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December 9th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
NLUP kan dawn leh tan tan anga a ni mai.
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December 9th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
An eiruk nasat vang te, thingtlang mirethei a bikin kut hnathawk tu vote zawn nan a thil tihsak an tiam an tih hlawhtlin sak leh thin ngai loh vanga ring ngam tawh lo te, poisa a an vote an lei sak thin (MPF in hma an lak tak atanga ual au taka sum hmanga an chet theih tawh loh) vang te, mipui mimir mi an bum nasat vang leh mipui in kan rin zawh tawh lova kan ning/hne tawh em vang in an sorkar ta lo ah ka ngai…
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December 10th, 2008 at 11:30 am
David Buhril hi tunge in hria em aw? Tin, an rel lai tak khan ka lo hre ve chiah lova, eng te nge MPF khan a khap le?
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December 10th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
UDA an chak ka rin rin nen
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December 10th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
MNf tlakna chhan chu an rorel mipuiin kan kham tawh a ni tawp phawt, Pathianin a remti a ni bawk. Mi tha an nei lo. an ministerte Thlam nei changkang an tam bawk.
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December 10th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Pi Rii Paris leh Dubai velah sam siam tirin a zin leh tlut tlut mai dawn a lawm. mizoram thingtlang mipui tamzawkin tuktin hah thi kura vaihmite leh vangvat karah hlo thloa an bung kurh kurh lai khan ha ha.. :mrgreen:
Lalthanhawla Rs 100,000 sem tur nghakhlel takin an thlir fan
fan anga, an chan ve hma in congress an tla leh daih si anga, an hawihil he haw mai ang.
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December 10th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Kei chu kan biala thlan tlin Pu Lal Thanzara(Patea)hi ka duh khawp mai. Pu Hawla nau ania. amah hi a veng te hian an hrechiang bawk ani ang an vote nasa em mai..mi tha nilo se Party atchilh tak2 pawn pu Patea hi an vote lo ang..mi tha a ni tih an veng chhung a miten an sawi nasa em mai.Pu Thena chu ka duh mahse Duhawma hi ka duhlo Tun tum inthlan chu MPF hmalak zarah inthlanna hi a thlamuanthlak em a tawngtaina nen ram rorelna hruaitu tur dilin tawngtaina ah hlan a ni a…. tunah Congress an lo tling leh ta a!!! hmana min hruaitu ngei kha thlan nawn leh anihna chhan hi Pathian rorelna ah ka ngai hmiah mai…a bikin North III min bial tu tur Pu Lal Thanzara(Patea)hi a fel em mai.
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December 11th, 2008 at 1:38 am
Mnf mipuiin an ning si, thlakna tur an melh lal 1tak mpc, kum 10 lal toh congress te, lal ngailo znp te an lo lang. Znp te hi enchhin an chak awm m2 a, mahse mpc nen an thok ho leh ta si. Mizoram mipuite hi thohhona ang chiah hian kn ngaih a ngam toh c lo, leadership a buailo an thlang ta mai a ni
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December 11th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Tampering With Voting Machines
By Dr. Satinath Choudhary
An Open Letter to the Election Commission, India
21 March 2004
To
The Election Commission
India
Dear Sirs,
I am a concerned citizen of India, worried that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) may simplify hijacking of the upcoming election. Thanks to the cooperation of a number of individuals from the Election Commission, I have become familiar with the electronic voting system that is planned to be used. Allow me let you know that I have taught computer science in the USA for many years. So I am fully aware of what computer chips, used in the EVMs can do. Some of my original apprehensions about the machines, arising out of ignorance of the same have been eradicated. However, the more serious ones continue to worry me. Briefly speaking, they are:
1. Supervision of various stages of election by various individuals.
2. Tampering with the machine before the poll.
3. Tampering with the machine after the poll.
These concerns and solutions are elaborated below:
1. Supervision of various stages of election by various individuals.
We have three Election Commissioners towards better transparency and accountability. Why not extend the same “triad” principle for all decision makers all the way down to the lowest level of control – Presiding Officers at various polling booths?
Here one more thing may be noted. Politics in India has reduced to a power struggle between the Upper Caste Hindus (UCH – 15%) who hate quota system, and the rest (85% of the population, called Bahujans by some groups), including SC, ST, OBC, Muslims, and Christians, who stand to gain from quota system. So basically the political struggle is between pro-reservation and anti-reservation communities. We know that you are not in a position to enforce fair distribution (15 – 85) of decision makers between these two segments of the society. However, in fairness to the sizes of the above mentioned two groups, among the trio of decision makers at all levels you should insure that two of them come from the Bahujans, while one of the positions may go UCH
community. Such a policy by you may possibly result in revolutionary changes in the rest of the governing structures of the society.
2. Tampering with the machine before the poll.
The computer chips that control the control units of the voting system can easily be programmed to do all kinds of mischievous things like after a certain number of people have voted, the rest of the votes may get added to a chosen candidate. One can imagine other mischief, but the one sited above is enough to makethe point I am trying to make. The kind of mischief I have mentioned cannot be detected by casting a few votes in the beginning of polling and verifying
correct counts for various candidates. It will take hundreds of votes, involving hundreds of minutes, which the Presiding Officers and polling agents would not have at their disposal.
We understand that the manufacturers check the machines before serial number of various candidates running from a constituency is known. The machines are then put under the control of ROs (Returning Officers), and it stays under the control of ROs for about two weeks before the poll dates. During those two weeks if the ROs choose to play mischievous roles, they have all the opportunities at their disposal, with the help of suitable technical hands, notwithstanding the poor constables guarding the machines.
To minimize the opportunity for wicked plays on the part of some wayward ORs, the following need to done:
The serial number of the candidates on the ballot list should be random, rather than in alphabetical order, with the final assignment done by lottery draws not more than a day or two before polling.
After the serial numbers have been assigned to candidates, a single individual should never be in
charge of the machines at any time – it should always be handled or be under supervision of a triad of the kind discussed above.
3. Tampering with the machine after the poll.
Best way to reduce chances of tampering after the poll is to eliminate the time interval after the poll closure and reading the machines for the vote counts of various candidates. Reading the control units, at the polling booths themselves, right after poll closure can easily do this. However, if election is held in different phases, as presently planned, reading the control boxes right after poll closures would declare partial results with the passes of different phases. From mid-1980s this has been avoided with the thinking that results of the initial phases may be affecting the results of the later phases. So to enable reading of machines right after poll closures, as is commonly done in the West, we must hold election all over the country on one and the same
day, else allow for partial disclosures of the result as different phases are finished. It seems that either of these two possibilities is far better than holding poll in different phases and then reading the machines at the end of all phases.
The only for not holding one & the same day election appears to be difficulty in arranging for adequate security on the same day all over the country. However, single-phase election eliminates the problems associated with safe transportation of the voting control modules and their safekeeping, saving us many security personnel and transportation resources. This
saving of personnel and resources should be considered while judging single phase voting. It seems that if RPF, army, navy and the air-force personnel, leaving aside those in the border and other sensitive areas, are mobilized, enough security people will be available for single-phase election. All of the earlier phases of voting can be moved over to the last scheduled phase, giving only relief rather than aggravation to various parties concerned.
If the polling must be staggered, there are advantages as well disadvantages associated with reading the control unit counters immediately after the polling is finished, as mentioned below:
Disadvantages: Results of the earlier phases may affect the polling of later phases. However, there are no studies about the amount of effect of the earlier results. The later phases do get affected by the earlier phases any way, by the exit polls, false or real. In the age of Internet and other means of fast communication, speculation about the results of the earlier phases can be stopped. We cannot say that the effect of the real results of earlier polls is worse, on the later polls, than the effect of speculations based on exit polls of the earlier phases (tainted or otherwise)?
Advantages: “Fairness” of the election, at the very least “perception of fairness”, will improve with
counting right at closure of the polls. Security problems involved in transportation of the control
units and their safe keeping in the strong rooms will be obviated. The advantage of “fairness” in the election, or at least “perception of improved fairness”, far outweighs the disadvantage of the
earlier phases affecting the later phases of election, particularly in view of the fact that exit polls
(false and/or real) are available to affect the polls in the later phases. A perception of “unfairness” in counting the votes (even if unfounded) can severely jeopardize the faith of the public in democracy itself.
In light of the above, even if the polls must be staggered in several phases, counting should be done immediately after the poll closure, right at the poll booths, rather than at the end of all phases.
In closing, allow me to say that even if you cannot comply with the aforesaid caste distribution among various triads of decision-makers, your any effort on your part towards compliance of any of the above mentioned requests will be very much appreciated.
Thanking you very much,
Sincerely yours,
Dr. Satinath Choudhary
President, Better Democracy Forum
115 W 238 Street, Bronx, New York 10463, USA
India contact: Boring Canal Road, S.P. Sinha Path,
Patna-800 001, India
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December 11th, 2008 at 10:06 am
rigging tih leh tempering tih vel hi chu a chak lo lam hian an sawi uar duh khawp mai, hmanah pawh court ah te an kal kha
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December 11th, 2008 at 10:37 am
@ mat402 #27
David Buhril is an Editor or Assistant editor or something like that with Northeast Sun, and was/is a research scholar at JNU.
He was awarded the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Journalism Award in 2007.
He blogs at davidbuhril.blogspot.com
He submits well profound articles at misual.com occasionally (although we wish he also takes part in the discussion too
)
Met him just once in Delhi at a Hmar function (Book release of “In search of Identity: Hmars of NE India” by Pu Lal Dena, father of the late Isaac L.Hmar).
Correct me if I got any of the facts above wrong.
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December 11th, 2008 at 10:38 am
@hminga, microprocessor programming , low level language khan project ag Engr ka zir laiin ka nei a, duh ang ang in output kha kan programm thei a, kei pawh EVM hi a him chiah em, tih chu ka ngaihtuah fo mai, politician ni ve lem lo chuan kan en liam mai mai a. Mahse he thil hi chu Democracy ah chuan, BJP a ni emo, pro congress a ni emo kan aware deuh chu a ngai khop in ka hria.
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December 11th, 2008 at 11:29 am
thanks Sandman. I was wondering if he was a “sap” or someone outside of the Mizo community
cos of his name. Seems to be a pretty well educated guy.
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December 11th, 2008 at 11:35 am
@hminga& redrose ngaihtuah chiang peih te tan chuan thilawmthei a ni khawp mai.
@rka-49er: He lam ah hian UDA an chak ring mm tu te kha kan la awm reng e
Aizawl chanchinbu tam berin comment a pek poh kha han chhiar la, mipui rin loh ang deuhin UDA chuan seat a hmu tlem tih a nih kha,mipui tam tak pohin an tlin an ring amaherawh chu thingtlang leh khawpui a Rs nuaikhat neih ve chak ho khan Cong an vote leh ta vek a nih kha,hei hian a entir chu mirethei ten sum hi engtikawngpawha neih ve an chak tih a tilangchiang hle,ka khawngaih hlawm ngawt mai,inthlan leh hun a huphurhawm ka ti,pawisa-a inlei tho an ni e, hma an sawn vak chuang lo.
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December 11th, 2008 at 11:56 am
@amanda i sawi dik luttuks. a tak in sem tam em em loh mahse a thu khan an sem treuh alawm.
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December 12th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Mizoram mipuiin Congress hi an duh vang pawh a ni lo; MNF an nin vangin thlakna tur an zawng a, UDA kha ropui an ti si lo va, Congress an vote ve ta mai mai a ni. An vannei mai mai a ni e.
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