6th Mizoram Assembly dissolved

The sixth Mizoram Assembly was today dissolved by the state Governor Vakkom Purushothaman, an official statement said today.

The statement said that the state governor dissolved the current Assembly yesterday in accordance with the powers given to him by the Constitution and on the advice of the Council of Ministers.

Dissolution of the sixth Assembly paved the way for formation of the new Assembly, which would be the seventh since Mizoram attained statehood in 1987.