AIZAWL, Oct 15: Opposition
Mizo National Front
(MNF) received a shot in the
arm Monday with the lone
Mizoram People’s Conference
(MPC) legislator Lalthanliana
joining it ahead of
the November 28 State Assembly
election.
MNF now has six legislators
in the 40-member Mizoram
Assembly.
Lalthanliana, who had won
the prestigious Aizawl North II
seat in 2013 by defeating the
then Finance Minister and
treasurer of the ruling Congress
H Liansailova, was welcomed
into the MNF by its
leader Zoramthanga.
Congress leader R Lalzirliana,
who had resigned as
Home Minister also formally
joined the MNF today.
Earlier, another Congress legislator
Lalrinliana Sailo, former
Minister and member of AICC
and general secretary of State
PCC had also left the ruling party
and had joined MNF.
The present strength of the
State Assembly is 38 after
resignation of the two Congress
legislators. The ruling
party has 32 legislators and
the MNF six.
Lalzirliana, the expelled
vice-president of the State
PCC, told the MNF workers
present at the party office
when he was formally inducted
into the party that a Minister
and a ruling party legislator
would resign tomorrow
but did not name them. – PTI
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