Mizoram assembly elections: Congress drops speaker Hiphei

  • | Friday | 2nd November, 2018

The new candidate for the seat is Kali Kumar Tongchangya. While the resentment grew stronger, Congress did not want to take any chance.Retired bureaucrat K Riachho's name was doing the round as Hiphei's replacement in Palak.The party also changed its candidate for Chakma-majority Tuichawng seat. AIZAWL: Congress on Thursday dropped Mizoram assembly speaker Hiphei from its list of candidates for the assembly election.The move follows Hiphei's sudden visit to Guwahati on Tuesday for a reported meeting with BJP leader and Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma The All India Congress Committee on Thursday evening replaced him with former legislator and party general secretary KT Rokhaw for the Palak seat.The source said soon after the first list was released on October 24, people of Palak constituency, under the Mara Autonomous District Council, started objecting to Hiphei's candidature.

AIZAWL: Congress on Thursday dropped Mizoram assembly speaker Hiphei from its list of candidates for the assembly election.The move follows Hiphei's sudden visit to Guwahati on Tuesday for a reported meeting with BJP leader and Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma The All India Congress Committee on Thursday evening replaced him with former legislator and party general secretary KT Rokhaw for the Palak seat.The source said soon after the first list was released on October 24, people of Palak constituency, under the Mara Autonomous District Council, started objecting to Hiphei's candidature. While the resentment grew stronger, Congress did not want to take any chance.Retired bureaucrat K Riachho's name was doing the round as Hiphei's replacement in Palak.The party also changed its candidate for Chakma-majority Tuichawng seat. The new candidate for the seat is Kali Kumar Tongchangya.

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