India, Feb. 24 -- The Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), Mizoram's apex student body, has expressed serious concern over a growing influx of non-tribal people into the state and the apparent circumvention of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system. The organisation has urged the state government to strengthen existing mechanisms to ensure stricter adherence to ILP regulations.

During a press conference in Aizawl on Monday, MZP President C. Lalremruata said recent monitoring revealed a critical gap in enforcement. An increasing number of non-locals, he noted, are entering the state under "self-sponsorship" or through sponsorship by other non-local entities, bypassing the traditional requirement for endorsement by indigenous permanent residents.

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