MNF crushes Cong, set to win Mizoram; 5-time CM Lal Thanhawla loses both seats
The 76-year-old Congress leader has been ruling the state since December 2008.
The 76-year-old Congress leader has been ruling the state since December 2008.
Most of the exit polls have given the Congress an edge in four states, and predicted loss for it in Mizoram, the last bastion of the grand old party in the Northeast.
Two bureaucrats may have been made scapegoats as part of the process of politicisation of the Mizoram election.
Mizoram, which took the lead in restoring peace in the Northeast in the 1980s, can lead other states by creating a model for accommodation and plurality.
Congress has been in power in Mizoram for the last 10 years. In the history of Mizoram, no party has returned to power for a third consecutive term.
The issue first came to light when Shasank reportedly wrote to the Election Commission to keep Chuaungo away from election duties.
Mizoram goes to polls on November 28 and counting of votes will be held on December 11.
The Election Commission has banned all exit polls for the five poll-bound states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and…
The committee, along with other political leaders, had been demanding Shashank's exit from the state since then.
Thousands of people from the Bru community fled Mizoram in the late 1990s following ethnic clashes. They have been lodged in relief camps in Tripura.
