Guwahati, March 23 -- The Mizoram State Committee of the Chakma National Council of India (CNCI) reaffirms it demand to the government to recognize the Chakma language officially in the state.

The organization in a statement on Sunday stated that, the council made the demand during the two-day general conference held over the weekend at Kamalanagar (Chawngte) in Lawngtlai district.

During the conference, CNCI expressed deep concern over the continued exclusion of the Chakma language from Mizoram's list of officially recognized languages.

The council also condemned the persistent misidentification of the Chakma community as Bengalis in the annual reports submitted by the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities to the President of India, ...