Mizoram elections: In the northeastern state of India where assembly polls are scheduled on November 7, the BJP leader Temjen Imna Along said that the people of Mizoram should impose their faith on the BJP.
Mizoram Assembly Election 2023 Key Candidates: Chief Minister Zoramthanga (Mizo National Front), Lalsawta (Congress) and Lalduhoma (Zoram People's Movement) are some of the key candidates in Mizoram. The state has 40 Assembly seats and 29 of them are reserved for the Scheduled Tribes (STs).
The Mizo National Front (MNF) released the candidates list for the Mizoram Assembly Election 2023 which is likely to witness a tough fight between the ruling party and the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) and the Congress.
Check the constituency-wise list of Mizo National Front (MNF), Zoram People's Movement (ZPM), Congress and BJP candidates for Mizoram Assembly Election 2023. The state will vote to elect its 40 representatives on November 7.
Under Socio-Economic Development Policy (SEDP), the Mizo National Front government provides financial assistance of up to Rs 3 lakh to beneficiaries to start projects (trades) of their choice for sustainable development.
According to the party sources, Lalrinliana Sailo is likely to be inducted into the BJP on Thursday, October 12. He is expected to be inducted into the BJP during a function to be held at its office in Aizawl.
Shanti Jiban Chakma was earlier in the BJP. The Opposition ZPM has given ticket to him in the Tuichawng seat for the Mizoram Assembly elections.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar highlighted that the elections in Mizoram, along with Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Telangana, will encompass 8.2 crore male and 7.8 crore female voters, along with 60.2 lakh first-time voters.
Lalchhuanthanga of the main opposition Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) serves as the MLA for the Aizawl south-II seat, while Chalfilh is represented by MNF leader Lalrinliana Sailo, who is currently the Speaker.
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.
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.
This session would be the last session before the Assembly elections that will take place later this year.
These seats are considered to be strongholds of the MNF and the opposition parties have little chance of winning them.
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 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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