
MPC senior general secretary, Phairothanga who quit
the party also said that several MPC units in different
parts of the State will soon
join the ZPM.
Along with 10 senior MPC
leaders, three sitting MPC
legislators – VL Zaithanzama,
A Sawivunga and Vanlalhlana
– also resigned from posts of
ex-officio executive members
of MPC and joined the ZPM,
party sources said.
Internal squabbles and differences have been brewing within the MPC over the merger
with ZPM after its president
Lalhmangaiha Sailo refused to
dissolve the party and fully
merge with the ZPM. Lalhmangaiha Sailo was re-elected as
MPC president recently.
MPC was the constituent
members of ZPM, an electoral alliance formed by six minor parties in 2017. The party
had cut ties with the ZPM on
July 20 after the rest of the alliance partners had merged
into a single political party.
Earlier, MPC treasurer and
spokesperson, V Lalthazuala
had told reporters that the party had severed ties with ZPM
after the alliance got registered
as a single political party.
“As long as the ZPM is a
political party, MPC cannot
become part of it as two political parties cannot exist together at the same time,” he
had said. Lalthazuala had also
said that the MPC was willing
to be part of the ZPM if it continued to function as a “grand
alliance”.
The ZPM, which was
formed by Zoram Nationalist
Party (ZNP), MPC, Zoram
Exodus Movement (ZEM),
Mizoram People’s Party
(MPP), Zoram Reformation
Front (ZRF) and Zoram Democratic Front (ZDF), had contested 35 seats in the State
Assembly poll in November
last year and won eight seats
with its Chief Ministerial candidate Lalduhoma bagging
two seats – Serchhip and Aizawl West-I. However, Laduhoma vacated Aizawl West-I seat
to retain Serchhip.
The ZPM has got registration from Election Commission of India as a single political party on July 3. The newlyfloated party now has seven
legislators, including three
from MPC in the 40-member
Mizoram Assembly.
NEWMAI NEWS
AIZAWL, July 29