Aizawl, Jul 11 (PTI) Mizoram home minister R. Lalzirliana
today said that the former jawans of the disbanded second
battalion of the Assam Regiment would be given Rs 1,000 per
month as financial assistance. In a written reply to a query from the ruling
Congress member Lt. Colonel Z. S. Zuala, Lalzirliana said that
the government order to this effect was issued on May 25
following the resolution adopted by the state assembly. The 2nd battalion of the Assam Regiment, dominated by
Mizos, was disbanded in the early 1960s and disgrunteld with
the government, many former soldiers in the disbanded regiment
joined the underground Mizo National Front (MNF) when the
outfit took up arms against the Indian Union in 1966.