Conversation so far:
When did Rohingya take interest in Burma?
calling for the recognition of the term "Rohingya", based on local Indian names of Arakan (Rohan and Rohang), as the official ethnicity of Arakanese Indians.
What did they stand for politically?
Rohingya community leaders were supportive of the 8888 uprising for democracy.
How did they try to push for it?
1990, the Rohingya-led National Democratic Party for Human Rights won four seats in the Burmese parliament.
Were they successful?
The Burmese military junta banned the National Democratic Party for Human Rights in 1992.
Its leaders were arrested, jailed and tortured.
What were some of their other goals and ideals?
Mahmud suggested that either Rohingya-majority northern Arakan remain under the central government or be made a separate province.

Question: Is that how the majority of people felt?
Self-contained rewrite: In early 1990s, did the majority of Burmese people felt that northern Arakan to remain under the central government or it to be made a separate province?