Addressing a press conference
here, Madhav, who is in
charge of North East, said
BJP would field candidates in
all the 40 Assembly seats in
the State, where elections
are due in December.
In the 2013 Assembly poll,
Congress had won 34 seats
and made Lal Thanhawala
the Chief Minister, while the
BJP has no MLA at present.
On the Opposition calling
the Mizo National Front
(MNF) “proxy” of BJP, the
general secretary termed it
“ridiculous”.
The party would contest
against MNF and National People’s
Party in the polls, though
they are constituents of North
East Democratic Alliance
(NEDA), Madhav said.
NEDA is a political coalition
formed in 2016 by BJP,
along with North East regional
parties like Naga People’s
Front, Sikkim Democratic
Front, People’s Party
of Arunachal, Asom Gana
Parishad and Bodoland People’s
Front.
Madhav asserted that BJP
“respected” the food habits,
distinct culture and customs of
the Mizos and their religion.
He accused the ruling Congress,
headed by Chief Minister
Lal Thanhawla – in power
for 10 years – of being corrupt
and inefficient.
The Thanhawla regime did
not create any basic infrastructural
development during
the last decade, though
the Centre initiated and funded
several developmental
projects, the BJP leader said.
If voted to power, BJP
would construct a four-lane
highway across the State, linking
both Myanmar and Bangladesh,
Madhav said. The proposed
highway would ensure
access to the international
market and open the eastwest
corridor for trade.
He added that engineering
colleges would be established
at Lunglei and Champhai districts
if the saffron party
wins. – PTI
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