Ministers, MLAs, representatives of Mizo People's Convention, Kuki Students' Organisation, Hmar Inpui, Committee on Tribal Unity, Zomi Council Student Organisation and other organisations were present in the meeting with Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga.
Talking to reporters, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said 95 polling booths will be managed by women and 11 by people with disabilities.
The two parties have agreed to contest 40 seats each in the 40-member Mizoram Assembly. The remaining 10 seats will be contested by independent candidates.
A 20-member delegation of the Election Commission is on a two-day visit to the poll-bound state Mizoram to review the poll preparedness ahead of the assembly elections in the state.
Chief Minister Zoramthanga tabled the CAG report in the recently concluded Assembly, in which it said that the construction of the Darlak-Sihthiang road was undertaken under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) despite the village being already connected.
B Chakma first won an election to the Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) in 2008 and then went on to win two assembly elections in 2013 and 2018.
This session would be the last session before the Assembly elections that will take place later this year.
Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) President Lalsawta said on Saturday that the MSA was formed on Friday to unitedly fight against the BJP.
These seats are considered to be strongholds of the MNF and the opposition parties have little chance of winning them.
The context of the controversy is the Manipur issue in which Congress and BJP both made claims and counterclaims over the Northeast region being neglected by the Centre.
According to Lok Sabha MP C Lalrosanga, the MNF is deeply hurt over the condition of the Zo ethnic people in strife-torn Manipur
The meeting chaired by Zoramthanga on Monday decided that the state university will be established as per the requirements of the National Education Policy.
The Congress party has appointed election observers to oversee the election preparations for ensuing the assembly elections 2023.
The Mizoram election committee will be headed by the state party chief Lalsawta and former Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla is also part of the panel.
Many MNF leaders and the party's two parliamentarians from Mizoram -- C. Lalrosanga of Lok Sabha and K. Vanlalvena of Rajya Sabha -- have expressed their desire to withdraw the party's support from the NDA on the Manipur unrest and Uniform Civil Code (UCC) issues.
Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga said that UCC is against the interest of the ethnic minorities in general and the Mizos in particular.
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