We all came overground. Laldenga became the chief minister of Mizoram. He died in 1990. I then became the MNF president and have remained in the post… - Pu Zoramthanga

Going to China and getting arms training turned out to be difficult. We sent two batches of MNF boys – about 150 boys in total – to China through Kachin (Myanmar) for training. But the journey itself, from Chittagong to China, was strenuous. It took about three months, one way.

I became a party member in 1965. I was then a student of DM College, Imphal. The next year, I went underground and remained so for 20 years. Initially, I was handling the affairs of the northern part of Mizoram. Till the beginning of 1969, I was roaming around in the forests of Mizoram. Then we shifted our base to East Pakistan.

While in Pakistan, between 1972 and 1975, we held a number of secret talks with R&AW; officials. We came back to Delhi in 1976. Then the formal peace talks began, which concluded in 1986 when the Mizo Accord was signed.