India, Oct. 28 -- The Mizoram government will hold the first recruitment rally for the Territorial Army in Aizawl during 15-25 November to address drug trafficking and other law and order issues, a concerned legislator said on Monday.

Ruling Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) legislator Lt. Col. Clement Lalhmingthanga told a news conference here that the recruitment rally for Territorial Army (Home & Hearth) will be jointly organised by the Mizoram government and 166 Assam Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) at Rajiv Gandhi stadium in Aizawl.

The recruitment will open historic opportunities for the Mizo youths, including girls, to be in the armed forces and to serve the nation, he said.

Lalhmingthanga, who headed the empowered state le...