As the polling date for the Mizoram state legislative assembly elections pulls closer, these refugees and the situation in their state is a dominant talking point among political leaders, workers and the media.
As for his assessment of the current law and order situation in the state, he said in the last two weeks, there have been no reports of intense firings. “I can see the situation is limping back to normalcy,” he said.
Singh says crisis in the state "linked to external forces, not ethnic strife" and that the "Central government has full confidence" in him and his government.