The victory of ZPM in Mizoram shows how regional parties stay there

Aizawl, December 24 (IANS) The recent excellent victory of the Zorm People’s Movement (ZPM) in the Mizoram election further established the dominance of regional parties in northeastern politics. Four of the eight states – Meghalaya, Mizoram Nagaland and Sikkim – were dominated by regional parties, mainly because of the falling strengths and organizational weaknesses of the congress, which once ruled most of the states in the region. Chief Minister Conrad K. The Sangma -Led National People’s Party (NPP) dominates the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government, which led the chief minister Rio, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) Nagaland and the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) government in Nagaland and Sikkim. The Revolutionary Front (SKM) led by Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang is an ally of BJP -Led -nda, but these parties have a strong basis in their states. Mizoram chief minister and ZPM -Supremo Lalduhoma have already announced that his party will not be a partner of the NDA or India block of the opposition and will support national parties. On November 7, the election in the Mizoram meeting was a political investigation for the Anti-Congress East Democratic Alliance (Neda) led by the Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, as both BJP and the Neda Ally Mizo National Front (MNF) had a difficult fight against each other. The ZPM, which was registered as a political party in 2019, voted in the Mizo National Front government election and won 27 seats in the 40 member meeting. The four -year -old party received eight seats in the 2018 election, when his candidates disputed as independents. The BJP, which received one seat in the 2018 election, this time managed to conquer two seats and Congress, who ruled Mizoram for more than 22 years during the main minister of the party’s veteran Lal Thanhwala since 1984, received only one seat. The congress has named candidates for all 40 seats. Party candidate C. Nagunalianchunga, however, could win the election of Longtalai West seat. His winning margin was 432 votes. MNF won 26 seats in the 2018 election. But MNF, which became the political party of the militant organization, this time only won ten seats. Prior to the 2023 election, Mizoram was ruled only by the congress or MNF, as it became the 23rd state of the country on February 20, 1987, after ending two decades of struggle and rebellion after signing the peace agreement in 1986. Mizoram also created history in the 2023 election, such as for the first time that three women candidates were selected for the 40 member meeting. Zpm candidate Lalrinpui Lunglei won from the former constituency and was elected from his party’s co-worker and television presenter, Beril Venneiyangi Aizavi, of Aizavi South-3-seat. Along with the consideration of the uniform Civil Code (UCC) by the Saffron Party-led NDA, the ties between the BJP and the recently deployed MNF quickly deteriorated after the Castor violence in Manipur on May 3. The MNF has accused the BJP-led central and the state government of “not the Cookie-Zo-Chin tribal in Manipur”. About 13,000 tribes-Chin tribes, including women and children, took refuge in Mizoram after being displaced from Manipur, where ethnic riots broke out about eight months ago between Maetai and Cookie chain. Political experts said the ruling ZPM, like MNF, will also oppose UCC and take a similar stand in dealing with refugees in Myanmar, Bangladesh and Manipur. (Sujit Chakraborty can be contacted on sugar