Summary:
"Chakma, a Congress turncoat, joined BJP days before the election. Last year, BJP got Maraland Democratic Front to merge with it and also got former Congress speaker and Mara leader Hiphei into its fold. This is BJP's first account in Mizoram. BJP had failed to open its account here previously, having fielded candidates in the the last five elections Talking to TOI, Chakma said, "I am very excited with the result. In fact, we were expecting this result and things went perfectly, according to our calculations..