Congress loses last NE bastion, MNF returns in Mizoram

AIZAWL: The Mizo National Front (MNF) and its president, Zoramthanga, made a spectacular comeback in Mizoram on Tuesday, uprooting the Congress in its last bastion in the Northeast after 10 years.

The regional outfit, which was in power twice between 1998 and 2008, won 26 of the 40 assembly seats. In 2008, it had won three seats and in 2013 five seats, losing both times to the Congress. But on Tuesday, the party scored a comprehensive victory.

The Zoram People’s Movement won eight seats and the Congress five seats. The BJP won one seat.

“I had been predicting all along that we will win at least 25 seats. Fortunately, I was proved right. I am really grateful to the voters,” Zoramthanga, 74, said.