Aizawl: There are high chances that the Congress, which is in power in Mizoram, will win the lone Lok Sabha seat when the 6,29,155-strong electorate excercises their franchise on April 16, poll pundits have predicted. ''The people of Mizoram have made their verdict loud and clear during the state Assembly elections last December. There is no reason why the same people will change their mind in the Lok Sabha elections,'' Lalrinmawia, a Congress spokesman, claimed.
Change, which was the major electoral slogan during the state elections, will continue to be the major poll plank during the LS elections, according to party sources.
Simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls, Mizoram will also have a by-poll for South Tuipui constituency left vacant by Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, who also won Serchhip seat in the Assembly polls.
The Congress has fielded senior Congressman and former minister C L Ruala as its candidate for the parliamentary elections even as two regional parties Mizo National Front, led by former Chief Minister Zoramthanga, and Mizoram People's Conference, led by another former Chief Minister Brig (rtd) T.Sailo, have decided to form a regional force and are yet to name their candidates.
''We would soon forge an alliance and name our candidate for the MP poll and the by-election,'' party sources said here today.
Ironically, the MNF had threatened to boycott the Lok Sabha elections if EVMs were used. It had alleged that the EVMs used in the Assembly polls were tampered or remote-controlled resulting in thumping victory for the Congress.
Meanwhile, the other regional party Zoram Nationalist Party has decided to neither support the regional force nor the ruling Congress in the LS polls and also not field their own candidate.
''We have allowed party members to vote freely,'' party spokesman P C Thanglawta said here on Saturday.
''Our main objective is to make a change and usher in a new system of administration in Mizoram. Since Lok Sabha polls and Assembly by-poll would not help us achieve our goal, we have decided to abstain,'' the spokesman said.
In the history of Lok Sabha elections in Mizoram, opposition parties, no matter however they allied, hardly won a single seat. Considering the past experiences, it is a win-win situation for the Congress in Mizoram, which is ruling with a thumping majority in the 40-seat Assembly, according to many political observers here.
''It is going to be a cakewalk for Congress this MP elections. In Mizoram, a party which happens to be in power, always won Lok Sabha elections,'' Vanlalremruata Tonson, a political analyst, said.
In the last general elections (2004), all the three opposition parties - Mizoram People's Conference, Zoram Nationalist Party and Congress - formed a 'secular alliance' and fielded a prominent person Dr Laltluangliana Khiangte but still lost to the ruling MNF candidate Vanlalzawma. (UNI)
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Change, which was the major electoral slogan during the state elections, will continue to be the major poll plank during the LS elections, according to party sources.
Simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls, Mizoram will also have a by-poll for South Tuipui constituency left vacant by Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, who also won Serchhip seat in the Assembly polls.
The Congress has fielded senior Congressman and former minister C L Ruala as its candidate for the parliamentary elections even as two regional parties Mizo National Front, led by former Chief Minister Zoramthanga, and Mizoram People's Conference, led by another former Chief Minister Brig (rtd) T.Sailo, have decided to form a regional force and are yet to name their candidates.
''We would soon forge an alliance and name our candidate for the MP poll and the by-election,'' party sources said here today.
Ironically, the MNF had threatened to boycott the Lok Sabha elections if EVMs were used. It had alleged that the EVMs used in the Assembly polls were tampered or remote-controlled resulting in thumping victory for the Congress.
Meanwhile, the other regional party Zoram Nationalist Party has decided to neither support the regional force nor the ruling Congress in the LS polls and also not field their own candidate.
''We have allowed party members to vote freely,'' party spokesman P C Thanglawta said here on Saturday.
''Our main objective is to make a change and usher in a new system of administration in Mizoram. Since Lok Sabha polls and Assembly by-poll would not help us achieve our goal, we have decided to abstain,'' the spokesman said.
In the history of Lok Sabha elections in Mizoram, opposition parties, no matter however they allied, hardly won a single seat. Considering the past experiences, it is a win-win situation for the Congress in Mizoram, which is ruling with a thumping majority in the 40-seat Assembly, according to many political observers here.
''It is going to be a cakewalk for Congress this MP elections. In Mizoram, a party which happens to be in power, always won Lok Sabha elections,'' Vanlalremruata Tonson, a political analyst, said.
In the last general elections (2004), all the three opposition parties - Mizoram People's Conference, Zoram Nationalist Party and Congress - formed a 'secular alliance' and fielded a prominent person Dr Laltluangliana Khiangte but still lost to the ruling MNF candidate Vanlalzawma. (UNI)
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