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Aizawl: Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday, August 6, to challenge the proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026. He arrived in New Delhi with Reverend John Raldosanga of the Mizoram Kohhran Hruaitu Committee and Reverend Lalhmangaiha of the Council of Churches in Mizoram. The group delivered a memorandum outlining specific objections to the legislation.
The bill faces heavy scrutiny. It threatens organizations across the Northeast. The proposed law would create a designated authority empowered to seize assets built with foreign funds if an entity loses or surrenders its FCRA license under sections 14, 14A, or 14B. Church leaders worry that institutions acting in good faith could lose their property. Reverend Lalhmangaiha expressed deep discomfort with this approach, stating, "We have come here to submit a joint memorandum regarding the new FCRA Amendment Bill 2026, in which some of the points we find difficult to accept."
Shah offered one critical promise. He confirmed the bill will not apply to past actions. Lalduhoma relayed this to reporters: "The only thing that is very clearly mentioned to us is that it's not going to be retrospective. That assurance was given to us, and the rest of the points will be given paragraph-wise comments by him. He is also going to begin the discussion on the 12th of this month in Parliament."
The delegation urged the government to either scrap the bill or send it to a Joint Parliamentary Committee. A separate group of Christian leaders led by DMK Rajya Sabha MP P. Wilson also met Shah. They labeled the bill confiscatory and demanded the repeal of Section 15 of the existing 2010 Act. The Centre is scheduled to open the parliamentary debate on August 12.
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