Lalhriatrenga Chhangte.

Lalhriatrenga Chhangte, a former BJP member, is all set to contest Serchhip by-election in central Mizoram on the saffron party ticket.

According to BJP insiders, Mizoram state committee of the party has nominated Chhangte as its candidate for the upcoming by-election.

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Party national general secretary (organization) B L Santhosh has in principle approved his name as a candidate for the by-polls.

However, an official announcement from the BJP is yet to be made.

Chhangte also confirmed that he would be contesting the by-poll on the BJP ticket.

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He said he enrolled as a BJP primary member at the BJP office here today, for the second time.

The former deputy controller of mines under the central government had joined the BJP for a brief period of ten months in 2019 to become the state BJPโ€™s first chairman of โ€œmissionary cell.โ€

A year later, he left the party citing that he had no hopes in the state BJP leaders.

Chhangte, a voter from Serchhip, had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate but lost to Mizo National Front (MNF)โ€™s candidate Lalrosanga.

Chhangte secured 12,675 votes in the Lok Sabha elections.

By-election to Serchhip seat has been necessitated by the disqualification of its MLA Lalduhoma on grounds of โ€œdefection to another party.โ€