AIZAWL, May 19: Prime
Minister Narendra Modi today
greeted Mizoram Chief Minister
Lal Thanhawla on his 80th
birthday. “Birthday greetings to
Lal Thanhawla, Chief Minister
of Mizoram. May he be blessed
with wonderful health and a long
life,” the PM tweeted.
The CM’s bungalow was
flooded with greetingstoday.
Greetings also came from Mizoram
Governor Lt Gen (rtd)
Nirbhay Sharma, relatives,
friends, party workers, Cabinet
colleagues and well-wishers.
Born on May 19, 1938, Lal
Thanhawla was brought up in
Zarkawt locality of Aizawl.
Lal Thanhawla joined the underground
Mizo National Front
(MNF) in 1966 after a brief stint
in government service.
In 1984 he became the CM,
but stepped down in favour of
Laldenga in 1986 to become
deputy CM after the latter
signed the Mizo Accord and
headed the interim government.
In 1989 Lal Thanhawla was
made CM for a second time.
He won the 1993 Assembly
polls and became the CM for
the third time.
He brought back the Congress
party to a landslide victory
in 2008 Assembly polls.
After his party won election
for two consecutive terms in
2013, he became the CM for
the fifth time, to be the longest
serving CM in Mizoram.-Assam Tribune
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