BJP’s poll campaign in Mizoram from October 17

GUWAHATI- BJP president Amit Shah is all set to kickstart his party’s campaign on October 17 in Mizoram, the final frontier for the party as it targets a ‘Congress Mukt’ Northeast India. He is scheduled to address booth-level workers on that day to prepare them for the November 28th polls.

JV Hluna, Mizoram’s BJP president, told ET, “Amit Shah will inaugurate the party office in Aizwal. He will address booth-level party workers. Around 15,000 booth level workers from across the state will attend the meeting. A gathering of 15,000 workers is considered huge in Mizoram.”

BJP, which is currently ruling Assam, Tripura, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh and supports coalition governments in Meghalaya and Nagaland, has decided to go it alone in the Mizoram polls and plans to contest all the 40 seats there.


The party has almost finalised all its candidates. Meanwhile, there has been a realignment of forces with three regional parties –– the People’s Represent for Identity and Status of Mizoram (PRISM), Mizoram Chhantu Pawl (MCP) and Save Mizoram Front and Operation Mizoram –– forging a pre-poll electoral alliance.

The opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) which is a member of the BJP-floated platform of non-Congress parties –– the North East Democratic Alliance –– has announced that it will not have any electoral understanding or seat-sharing arrangement with the BJP.