In a first, Bru migrants exercise franchise as Tripura voters

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In a first since their displacement from Mizoram in 1997, approximately 37,000 Bru migrants—now permanent residents of Tripura—participated in the Lok Sabha elections as registered voters of Tripura.Bru migrants have been residing in transit camps located within North Tripura district for over two decades after the 1997 ethnic clashes.Bruno Msha, general secretary of the Mizoram Bru Displaced People's Forum told that "We are voting for the first time in Tripura in the Lok Sabha polls."