Amit Shah: BJP to contest all 40 seats in Mizoram

Mizoram would celebrate Christmas under the BJPled state government said Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah on Wednesday adding the party would field candidates in all the 40 Assembly seats of the state where polls are due on November 28People of Mizoram would celebrate the next Christmas in the state under the BJPled state government Congress would be voted out in the assembly polls he said while addressing partys boothlevel workers meet at R Dengthuama Indoor Stadium in AizawlShah who came here after holding meetings with Assam party leaders and state Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in Guwahati said the BJP would field candidates in all the 40 constituencies on its own without alliance with opposition Mizo National Front MNF or the ruling CongressBlaming Congress as a source of all corruption and for perpetuating a dynastic rule he asked the people to vote BJP for development and for ending corruptionThe BJP chief alleged that Congress government in Mizoram has not implemented many development schemes initiated by Prime Minister Narendra ModiIf BJP forms government in Mizoram all 100plus Central flagship programmes would be implemented successfully said the BJP leader who also inaugurated BJPs state office Atal Bhavan in AizawlMizoram BJP state president Prof John V Hluna Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma accompanied ShahSarma who is the convener of the BJPled antiCongress alliance North East Democratic Alliance NEDA is the partys incharge for Mizoram electionsBJPs national general secretary Ram Madhav earlier announced that his party would likely field candidates in all the 40 assembly seats but the party might forge an alliance with the likeminded parties in a postpoll scenarioBJP leaders in Mizoram have been asserting that they would make allout efforts to remove Congress from power in the state to paint the NorthEast with the saffron colourMizoram is the only state ruled by Congress in northeast India comprising eight statesThe BJP has been making concerted efforts to win the Christiandominated state after having formed governments on its own or joining hands with allies in the remaining six northeastern states excluding SikkimMeanwhile the ruling Congress during the past one month suffered a major setback after state Home Minister and senior party leader R Lalzirliana and two sitting legislators Lalrinliana Sailo and Buddha Dhan Chakma both former ministers resigned from the partyLalzirliana and Sailo joined MNF and Chakma joined BJP on Wednesday in presence of Amit ShahSources in the MNF said both the Congress deserters are likely to be the candidates of MNF a local party which ruled the state for two terms 19982003 and 20032008The ruling Congress on October 11 has announced 36 candidates for the upcoming polls dropping eight sitting MLAs and fielding 12 new facesState Congress president and Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla will contest from two constituencies his home turf Serchhip and Champhai SouthAmong the 36 candidates four are below 40 years eight are between 41 and 50 years 14 in the age group of 51 to 60 four are between 61 and 70 years and five candidates including Lal Thanhawla are above 70 yearsBoth Congress and main opposition MNF led by party President and former Chief Minister Zoramthanga have already begun their election campaignCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in the headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever