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Govt approves issuance of 29th tranche of electoral bonds, sale from Nov 6

Ahead of assembly elections in five states, the government on Saturday approved the issuance of 29th tranche of electoral bonds that will open for sale on November 6. The decision comes amid campaigning for assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram. Elections in these states span from November 7-30. Counting of votes will be done on December 3. Electoral bonds have been pitched as an alternative to cash donations made to political parties as part of efforts to bring transparency to political funding. "Government of India has authorised State Bank of India (SBI), in the XXIX Phase of sale, to issue and encash Electoral Bonds through its 29 Authorised Branches w.e.f. November 6-20, 2023," the finance ministry said in a statement. The sale of the first batch of electoral bonds happened in March 2018. Electoral bonds are encashed by an eligible political party only through a bank account with the authorised bank. SBI is the only authorised ba

Will create 1 lakh jobs if voted to power in Mizoram, says Congress

Congress will create 1 lakh jobs if it is voted to power in the November 7 Mizoram assembly polls, a party leader said on Friday. Congress media cell chairman Lalremruata Renthlei said the party will introduce the Young Mizo Entrepreneurs Programme (YmElevate) to provide startup funds and jobs to the youth. "Under the programme, incubation and startup funds will be given which will help in creating more than 1 lakh jobs," Renthlei told a news conference here. Renthlei said the party will also introduce 'Tang Puihna,' a monetary assistance scheme for farmers and entrepreneurs to develop sustainable economic and livelihood activities. Hitting out at the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF), the Congress leader said the party had failed to create jobs and provide employment to youths. He added that although the MNF claimed to have created 7,983 jobs during the last five years, only 2,218 youths got it through direct recruitment. "Of the 7,983 jobs, 4,437 were merely promotions and anoth

BJP courting ZPM to secure deputy CM's post: Cong ahead of Mizoram polls

Sensing that defeat was imminent for the ruling MNF in Mizoram, the BJP was courting the opposition ZPM, hoping to secure the deputy CM's post in the new government, the Congress claimed on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference, state Congress spokesperson Lalremruata Renthlei claimed that a "secret agreement" was struck between the ZPM and the BJP, and ZPM leader Lalduhoma's recent trips to Guwahati are a testament to it. "The BJP's strategy of aligning with regional parties in states where they lack the chance to win independently is nothing new. Currently, both the ZPM and MNF are vying to be the closer ally of the BJP," claimed Renthlei, who is the state Congress's Media Cell chairman. The BJP was gradually distancing itself from the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) and inching closer towards main opposition Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) with a "secret pact", he said. "The MNF, a long-standing ally of the BJP, is no longer perceived as a potential winner in the upcoming ...

Mizoram Assembly Elections 2023: Priyanka Gandhi's tour cancelled

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's scheduled day-long campaign on Friday in poll-bound Mizoram has been cancelled, officials said on Thursday. "Due to unavoidable reasons, we are informing that Priyanka Gandhi's visit stands cancelled. We sincerely regret the inconvenience caused," a Congress spokesman said here. The All India Congress Committee general secretary, who is in charge of Uttar Pradesh, was scheduled to address a small gathering of people at the Treasury Square here on Friday afternoon followed by a public meeting at Kawrtethawveng in Mamit district. The Congress is contesting in all 40 Assembly seats in the November 7 state election in Mizoram. It had won five seats in the last Assembly election in 2018. One of the Congress legislators resigned and joined the ruling Mizo National Front. The votes will be counted on December 3.

Mizoram Assembly elections 2023: Brus hold key to Hachhek constituency

Even though more than 35,000 Bru people have migrated to Tripura after ethnic riots more than a decade back, around 5,000 of the tribals as well as voters from other smaller minority tribes still hold the key to the Hachhek assembly constituency in Mamit district of Mizoram that will go to polls on November 7. The ruling Mizo National Front (MNF), the main opposition Zoram Peoples Movement (ZPM), the Congress and the BJP are leaving no stone unturned to earn the confidence of Bru voters who stayed back in their native villages in the assembly segment even after the signing of the quadripartite pact involving the Centre, the governments of Mizoram and Tripura and tribal leaders, which saw many Brus being permanently resettled in the neighbouring state. Of the 23,600 eligible electors, over 5,000 Bru voters may play a "key role as will around 2,000 voters belonging to Chakma and Tripuri tribes in the upcoming elections", said leaders cutting across the party lines. Congress nominee ..

Mizoram polls: 7,671 exercise franchise through home voting, postal ballots

A total of 7,671 people have voted in the Mizoram assembly elections through home voting and postal ballot facilities, an election official said on Thursday. Out of these, 1,998 votes have been cast through home voting and 5,673 votes were polled through postal ballots, Additional Chief Electoral Officer H Lianzela said in a statement. Polling for the 40-member assembly will be held on November 7, and the votes will be counted on December 3. Home voting facility is offered to people of 80 years and above along with persons with disability (PwD), while the postal ballots are for the polling personnel, other officials and people working in essential services. Of the 11 districts, the highest home and postal voting have been recorded in Aizawl at 1,654. It is followed by 1,114 votes in Lunglei and 1,064 votes in Lawngtlai, the statement said. "Data received from different districts could not be compiled properly due to the difference in the schedule of conducting home voting and post

Mizoram elections: MNF reason for state's healthcare issues, says Congress

Congress leaders in Mizoram questioned why the MNF government failed to reimburse Rs 63.88 crore to the people despite allocating the funds

Ready to ally with ZPM if it gets more seats: BJP on Mizoram elections

Vanupa Zathang stated that the BJP has already provided clarification regarding its stand on the UCC and Article 371G of the Constitution and has nothing more to say on these issues

MNF, ZPM acting as 'unofficial agents' of BJP: Congress chief Kharge

Mallikarjun Kharge said that the Congress shall usher welfare, inclusiveness and economic security in the northeastern state, adding that the people of Mizoram deserve peace and progress

BJP-led govt absolutely necessary if Mizoram is to develop further: Sonowal

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has exuded his confidence in his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning the Mizoram Assembly Elections, saying that the people of the north-eastern state will definitely consider that a BJP-led government is 'absolutely necessary' if Mizoram is to develop further.The Union Minister for Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush visited Mizoram to campaign for BJP candidates for the November 7 assembly elections.Speaking to ANI, the union minister said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the nine and a half years, whatever development and exemplary transformation have taken place is a source of inspiration for the whole North East."Under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the nine and a half years, whatever development and exemplary transformation have taken place is a source of inspiration for the whole North East... I firmly believe that the people of Mizoram, being the most advanced state in .

This is no time for experiments: Sonia Gandhi appeals to Mizoram voters

Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi appealed to the youth and women to vote for the Congress

'We have no interest in Mizoram elections': Resettled Bru families

Hundreds of Bru families from Mizoram, who had migrated and settled in neighbouring Tripura following ethnic clashes, do not bother about the assembly elections in their home state. The 40-member Mizoram assembly goes to the polls on November 7. The names of more than 6,000 Bru voters from nine assembly constituencies in three districts - Mamit, Kolasib and Lunglei - have been deleted from the Mizoram voters' list following their resettlement in Tripura. "We have no interest in Mizoram elections even if some of us had voted there in the last polls. Now, we are permanent residents of Tripura following the 2020 historic accord. It hardly matters to us who comes to power in that state," Charles, secretary of Kaskoupata Bru resettlement village in North Tripura district, told PTI. During the 2018 Mizoram assembly elections, a large number of Bru voters who were then staying in relief camps in Tripura came to their home state and voted at 15 special polling booths created for them in ..

Mizoram Elections: 5,306 votes cast through home voting, postal ballots

Altogether 5,306 senior citizens, people with disabilities (PwDs) and government officials exercised their franchise for the November 7 Mizoram elections through home voting and postal ballots, an official statement said on Tuesday. While 1,100 senior citizens (80 years and above) and PwDs exercised their franchise through home voting, 4,203 government officials, including security and polling personnel, voted through postal ballots. In Aizawl district, 463 senior citizens and PwDs cast their votes, followed by Serchhip district (168) and Saitual district (149), the statement said. In all, 779 government officials voted in Aizawl district, 733 in Lawngtlai district and 574 in Lunglei district, it added.

Assembly elections 2023: Rajnath Singh to campaign in Mizoram today

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Mizoram to campaign for the November 7 assembly elections on Wednesday, a senior BJP leader said here. State BJP spokesperson F Lalremsangi told PTI that Singh will address public meetings at Mamit in the western part of Mizoram bordering Bangladesh and Tripura, and Siaha in the south. Speaker of the outgoing assembly Lalrinliana Sailo and ex-excise minister Dr K Beichhua are contesting on BJP tickets from Mamit and Siaha respectively. The two leaders recently quit the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) and joined the saffron party. The BJP, which has a single MLA in the outgoing assembly, has fielded candidates in 23 seats mostly in minority areas. The party is eyeing the votes of linguistic minorities such as Chakma, Bru, Mara and Lai community people mostly living in the southern part of the state. The party had contested 39 seats in the last assembly polls in 2018 and won the Chakma-dominated Tuichawng constituency. Prime Minister

Bring BJP to power for Mizoram's development: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

Gadkari stated that the party would improve railway infrastructure and the markets for agricultural products in Mizoram if it won in the Assembly elections

Road connecting Mizoram with Myanmar to be completed by Nov: Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said a cross-border road under the ambitious Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMTTP) to link south Mizoram's Lawngtlai district with Myanmar's Sittwe port will be completed by November this year. Addressing a rally at West Phaileng in Dampa assembly constituency in west Mizoram's Mamit district bordering Bangladesh, Gadkari said the 26-km road project costs Rs 1,132 crore. "The road under the Kaladan project will be completed by November and it will be helpful to connect Myanmar's Sittwe port," he said. Gadkari, the union road transport and highways minister, said that infrastructure and communication have to be developed to bring all-round development. "If the infrastructure is good, we get investment in industry and agriculture, by which we can create jobs. And by creating jobs we can eradicate poverty, which is the basic principle behind development," he said. Addressing the rally ahead of the November 7 Mizoram assembly poll

Mizoram polls: PM Modi cancels campaign trip to state, Amit Shah to step in

Union Home Minister Shah will visit the southern part of the state and Mamit. BJP leader Nitin Gadkari is likely to hold a rally in West Phaileng today

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BJP pledges 33% reservation for women in govt jobs in Mizoram manifesto

Jagat Prakash Nadda said that the party will launch an operation called 'Drug-Free Mizoram' to control and eradicate drug addiction among youngsters