Mizoram Declared 'Insurgency-Free': Last Terror Group HPC(D) Lays Down Arms
For years, the insurgency in Mizoram existed less in active conflict and more as a shadow—present, remembered, unresolved. On Thursday, that shadow lifted. With the surrender of the final faction of the Hmar People’s Convention (Democratic), or HPC(D), the state has formally been declared insurgency-free. The moment came not in combat, but in ceremony—a “homecoming” event near Aizawl where 43 cadres, including leader Lalhmingthanga Sanate, laid down their arms.
The Last Terror HoldoutThe Sanate faction had long been considered the final surviving insurgent element in Mizoram. Operationally weak, often dormant, but symbolically significant. Its demands were not new. The group had continued to push for an autonomous district council for Hmar-inhabited areas under the Sixth Schedule. That demand—unresolved for decades—had sustained its existence, even as other factions entered peace processes.
Now, that chapter has closed. The surrender follows a peace accord signed on April 14 between the Mizoram government and the HPC(D), the culmination of backchannel negotiations that gathered pace under the current administration. Chief Minister Lalduhoma framed the moment carefully—not as victory, but as resolution. “The shadow of insurgency remained in our minds whenever we spoke of peace,” he said at the ceremony. “Today… we have reached our goal.”
Source: Mizoram Declared Insurgency-Free as Last Militant Group HPC(D) Lays Down Arms | Times Now
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