All the top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders,
including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and national
President JP Nadda will soon join the campaign for the Mizoram Assembly
elections to be held on November 7.
BJP’s Mizoram president Vanlalhmuaka said the Prime
Minister is expected to visit the State and would address an election rally in
Mamit town to campaign for BJP candidates on October 30.
“We have received the PM’s tentative schedule of his
proposed visit to Mizoram. Expecting the final tour programme soon,” the BJP
leader told mediaperson.
He said Shah, Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh,
Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Irani, Kiren Rijiju, Assam Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma, his Tripura counterpart Manik Saha are among the star
campaigners of the saffron party.
Rijiju, who has been appointed as BJP’s election in-charge
for Mizoram, has already addressed a few election meetings in Mizoram.
The BJP has fielded candidates in 23 seats with a
special focus on linguistic minority inhabited areas, especially where the
Reang and Chakma tribal community people are in reasonable numbers in the
voters’ list.
Elections to the 40-member Mizoram Assembly will be
held on November 7 (Tuesday) and counting of votes will take place on December
3 (Sunday). Altogether, 174 candidates, including 16 women are in the fray.
The ruling Mizo National Front (MNF), the main Opposition
Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) and the Congress have fielded candidates in 40
seats each while Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in four seats and 27 Independent
candidates are also in the electoral battle.
NE Watch Desk
