AIZAWL: The ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) will retain power in Mizoram.
This was stated by Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga while exuding confidence that his party – the MNF – will form government in the state on its own.
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“We need 21 seats to form the government. It is my expectation that at least we will go up to 25 and even more,” said Mizoram CM Zoramthanga on Tuesday (October 31).
He was responding to a query from the media on the MNF’s prospects in the upcoming polls in the state and possibility of post-poll alliance.
Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga also reiterated that the ties between the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) in the state and the BJP-led NDA is “issue based”.
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“Our support for the BJP-led NDA is issue based,” said Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga.
Mizoram CM Zoramthanga, who is also the chief of the ruling MNF party in the state, made this statement while briefing the media in Aizawl.
“We (MNF) follow a set of principles that might not be in line with the BJP-led NDA. If their (BJP-led NDA) principles are against the Mizo people, we will oppose it,” Zoramthanga said.
Earlier also, the Mizoram chief minister had slammed the BJP-led NDA for its policies.
It may be mentioned here that Zoramthanga – the Mizoram chief minister and president of the ruling Mizo national Front (MNF), which is an ally of the BJP – slammed the saffron party-led national democratic alliance (NDA) on July 24.
Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga had said that the MNF is “not afraid” of the BJP or the alliance that it leads – the NDA.
He also said that the MNF does not subscribe many of the policies of the BJP-led NDA, while terming them as ‘unacceptable’.
“We (MNF) are a part of the BJP-led NDA, but I want to make it clear that we are not afraid of the NDA nor do we subscribe all of the policies of the alliance,” said Mizoram CM Zoramthanga.
He added: “The MNF is in alliance with the BJP for bringing development in Mizoram. But we are not the yes man of the BJP.”
Furthermore, the Mizoram chief minister, recently, had said that he would not share the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, if the PM visits the state for election campaigning in the state.
Notably, Mizoram will go to polls on November 07.