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Mizoram polls: 9 out of 10 lawmakers are crorepatis, says ADR report

The average value of the assets of a sitting Mizoram legislator is Rs 4.8 crore. The lawmaker with the lowest net worth is TJ Lalnuntluanga, at Rs 43.6 lakh

Union minister Kiren Rijiju appointed BJP election in-charge for Mizoram

The BJP on Friday appointed Union minister Kiren Rijiju as the party's election in-charge for Mizoram where assembly polls will be held on November 7. BJP national secretary Anil Antony and Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister Yanthungo Patton will serve as the party's co-in-charges for the elections in Mizoram, the party said in a statement. Voting for all 40 assembly seats in Mizoram will take place on November 7 and the counting of votes will take place on December 3. In the last assembly polls held in November 2018, the Mizo National Front (MNF) had secured 26 seats, while the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) had bagged eight seats. The Congress had won five seats and the BJP one. The BJP also appointed Jatinder Pal Malhotra as the party's Chattigarh unit president, according to another statement issued by party national general secretary and headquarters in-charge Arun Singh. All these appointments have been cleared by BJP chief J P Nadda, the party said.

PM Modi more concerned about Israel than Manipur, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday charged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was more concerned about happenings in Israel than in Manipur, which has been riven by an ethnic conflict since May this year. Addressing a rally near Raj Bhavan here after undertaking a 2-km-long padayatra through the city roads, he said that neighbouring Manipur is no longer a unified single state, but has been divided into two states on ethnic lines. Gandhi, who began a two-day visit to poll-bound Mizoram, asserted that the Congress had ushered in peace in the insurgency-hit northeastern state with the signing of a peace accord in 1986. "It is amazing to me that the PM and the Government of India is so interested in what is happening in Israel (Israel-Hamas conflict) but not interested at all in what is happening in Manipur, where people have been murdered, women molested and babies killed," he said. "The idea of India that respects each other, is tolerant, learns from other ideas, religions and ...

Rahul Gandhi undertakes padayatra in Aizawl ahead of Mizoram polls

Massive crowds greeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as he undertook a padayatra in Aizawl on Monday. After reaching the capital of poll-bound Mizoram, he began the march from Chanmari junction and walked through the winding roads of the city amid Congress supporters waving party flags. He waved at people waiting on both sides of the road, and shook hands and interacted with those coming to meet him during the padayatra. Some also took selfies with the Congress leader. Traditional dances were also performed during the march. Gandhi is scheduled to walk till Raj Bhavan, covering a distance of around 4-5 km and address a rally near the governor's house after the conclusion of the march. Elections to the 40-member assembly will be held on November 7.

Mizoram voters wrestle with Zoramthanga's leadership ahead of Nov 7 polls

Regardless of the election outcome, Mizoram is signalling that change is on the horizon

MNF will return to power in Mizoram, hopeful of bagging 25-35 seats: CM

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Sunday asserted that his party, the Mizo National Front, will return to power and bag 25-35 seats in the upcoming polls for the 40-member assembly. He also claimed that the Congress, which was ousted by the MNF in the 2018 polls, could draw a blank in this year's election to be held on November 7. We are busy preparing ourselves for the upcoming assembly polls. We are really hopeful that we shall be able to win the majority and form the government (again)... I am expecting between 25 and 35 seats, Zoramthanga told PTI Video in an interview. As far as the Congress is concerned, if they can get one or two seats, we'll deem them lucky; otherwise they can get none... The BJP, at the most, might get two seats and they may also get nil... and our opponent, the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM), if they cross 10 (seats), the party will be lucky... Therefore, for us, there is a lot of chance to form the government, he said. The ruling MNF is vying for a ..

Mizoram's ruling MNF forms alliance with HPC(R) ahead of assembly polls

The ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) in Mizoram and the Hmar People's Convention (Reformation), a faction of the HPC party, on Saturday formed an alliance ahead of the November 7 assembly polls in the state. An agreement for the alliance was signed by MNF general secretary Lalmuanthanga Fanai and HPC(R) general secretary HT Vunga. According to the agreement, the two parties will work together in the upcoming assembly polls and the HPC(R) will extend full support and make efforts to ensure that MNF candidates in the three Hmar people-dominated constituencies -Tuivawl, Chalfilh and Serlui- in the Sinlung Hills Council area are elected. The MNF, if it retains power, will take steps to implement the 2018 Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) between the then Mizoram government and the erstwhile underground outfit Hmar People's Convention (Democratic), functionaries of both parties said. If the MNF returns to power, the government will "provide rehabilitation and other welfare benefits, includ

Mizoram Cong leader accuses CM Zoramthanga of misleading debt calculations

Zoramthanga and his favored ministers receive most of the benefits, whereas the majority of the population has to struggle against misery, MPCC leader Zodintluanga said

Mizoram elections 2023: ZPM fields candidate for Tuichawng constituency

A former Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC), Shanti Jiban Chakma was the chief of the BJP unit of Chakma district

Mizoram polls timed early to weaken Congress: Former Rajya Sabha MP

Ronald Sapa Tlau claimed that the BJP is extending support to the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) as the saffron party's popularity is waning

Ahead of Mizoram Assembly polls, five Mizoram independent MLAs resign

The MLAs originally belonged to the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) but contested as independents in 2018, as ZPM was not registered as a political party

Mizoram polls: Snubbed by MNF, Speaker Lalrinliana Sailo set to join BJP

Reports suggested that Assembly speaker Lalrinliana Sailo had been denied a ticket by the party over his remarks on the MNF-BJP alliance

Mizoram polls: Opposition does not have convincing arguments, says CM

Zoramthanga said that the opposition, referring to the ZPM, has failed to find reasonable arguments against the MNF

Mizoram elections 2023: Parties urge ECI to reschedule poll counting date

Assembly polls in Mizoram, one of the five states set to hold elections, are scheduled to take place on November 7. However, the date of counting is December 3, which falls on a Sunday

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Ahead of Mizoram elections, former MNF minister K Beichhua joins BJP

K Beichhua said that although he had received invitations from the Congress and the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM), he decided to join the BJP after careful consideration

Model Code of Conduct comes into force in five poll-bound states

Elections will be held in Mizoram on November 7, Chhattisgarh on November 7 and November 17, Madhya Pradesh on November 17, Rajasthan on November 23 and Telangana on November 30

Mizoram Assembly elections: Polling on November 7, result on December 3

The term of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly will end on December 17 this year

Mizoram polls: Congress leader blames MNF government for drug abuse problem

Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee leader Zodintluanga said the MNF government had failed to take substantive steps to tackle the problem

Mizoram polls 2023: Electoral rolls show total of 851,895 voters in state

Data on the number of voters was officially announced by district election officers in their regions