Mizoram results: North east now ‘Congress-mukt’, CM loses both seats

Guwahati | Wednesday | 12th December, 2018

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Congress could get just five seats, three less than the Independents owing allegiance to the regional Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM). AIZAWL: Mizo National Front ( MNF ), an NDA constituent, returned to power on Tuesday after 10 years in Christian-majority Mizoram , reducing Congress to single figures. Congratulations to Pu Zoramthanga for historic win of #MNF in #Mizoram. But MNF and BJP fought the election separately, which many attribute to the state’s religious sensitiveness.Zoramthanga thanked “God and my people” for MNF’s victory. Within two hours of the results, Zoramthanga called a meeting of newly elected MNF legislators who unanimously chose him leader of the legislature party..