MNF President Zoramthanga Takes Oath As Mizoram Chief Minister

The MNF President Zoramthanga was earlier the Chief Minister of the Christian-dominated northeastern state for 10 years (1998-2003 and 2003-2008).

AIZAWL: Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Zoramthanga and his Council of Ministers at Raj Bhavan located in Aizawl.

The MNF president took the oath in Mizo language.Chief Ministers of other northeastern states were present during the ceremony.

The MNF returned to power in Mizoram by winning 26 seats of the 40-member state legislature.This will be for the third term that the MNF is forming the government in Mizoram and after a gap of 10 long years.

The MNF won 26 seats in the 40-member assembly, a gain of 21 seats since 2013. The Congress managed to bag only five seats compared to 34 seats it won in the 2013 assembly elections.

The MNF led by Zoramthanga, a former underground, had won the assembly elections in 1998 and 2003.Christians are a majority of the population of Mizoram (87.16 per cent), followed by Buddhists (8.5 per cent) and Hindus (2.7 per cent).

The BJP opened its account for the first time in the state by bagging a seat while the Congress managed to win five seats in the assembly polls held on November 28.

This followed the newly-formed unregistered Zoram Peoples Movement securing eight seats, which is three more than the outgoing Congress.

Outgoing Congress Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla had submitted his resignation an hour before Zoramthanga had staked the claim. The current term of the Assembly expires on Friday.

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