AIZAWL: Former Mizoram minister and expelled leader of the Mizo National Front (MNF) Dr K Beichhua is all set to join the BJP.

Dr K Beichhua will join the BJP soon.

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This was confirmedby Dr K Beichhua himself while speaking to the media.

This development comes at a time when the political parties in Mizoram are gearing up for the crucial assembly elections in the state.

If Dr K Beichhua joins the BJP, it will serve as a major boost to the saffron party ahead of the assembly elections in Mizoram.

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Assembly elections in Mizoram are slated to be held later this year.

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Moreover, the Lok Sabha elections are slated to be held in the first half of 2024.

Dr K Beichhua is likely to contest the Mizoram assembly elections 2023 on a BJP ticket from the Siaha constituency.

Beichhua exuded confidence that he will win the upcoming assembly elections.

In the 2018 Mizoram assembly elections, Dr K Beichhua had won from the Siaha constituency as an MNF candidate.

K Beichhua had served in the Zoramthanga cabinet until December 13, 2022.

He stepped down as a minister from the Mizoram cabinet after he was asked by chief minister Zoramthanga to resign.

Later in January this year, Dr K Beichhua was expelled by the MNF for his “anti-party activities”.

It is being alleged that K Beichhua was instrumental in toppling the MNF-Congress regime in the Mara autonomous district council (MADC) and installing a BJP government there.