Mizoram

Mizoram assembly polls 2023: Lalduhoma from ZPM emerges as third CM face in the triangular fight

The Congress is not a force to be reckoned with now, they are a spent force. Our main rival is the MNF, says Lalduhoma

Assembly Elections 2023: Congress relies on surveys to curb internal tussles over ticket distribution

Assembly Elections 2023: While factions retain their sway over the Congress at the state and district levels, the institutionalising of surveys to identify candidates with the greatest winnability has introduced a new dynamic in the bargaining between the high command and regional satraps. The coming elections will reveal the efficacy of the process

Mizoram may have a hung assembly and sub-nationalism is likely to play a role

The chief minister’s deft handling of the ethnically related refugees from Myanmar and Manipur, and the resulting sub-nationalism, may help the ruling MNF

Assembly elections: Newton actor Rajkummar Rao appointed Election Commission's national icon

Earlier personalities such as Pankaj Tripathi, Aamir Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, and MC Mary Kom were appointed national icons by the poll body.

Mizoram Election: 112 of 174 candidates crorepatis; state AAP chief richest with Rs 68.93 crore assets

According to the affidavits of the candidates accessed by PTI, 64.4 per cent of the candidates declared assets worth Rs 1 crore or more.

Women electorate in focus as parties step up outreach in key state polls

With this bloc having emerged as crucial voter segment, the BJP and Congress in particular have pulled out all stops to bring them into their fold

Mizoram polls 2023: PM Modi, Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh among BJP's 40 star campaigners

The party released the names of 23 candidates, including the Speaker of the outgoing House and several others who joined the party from the ruling MNF recently

Assembly elections 2023: BJP likely to finalise candidates for Telangana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh

The core BJP group of Telangana arrived at Nadda's residence on October 20 to chalk out strategies for the upcoming elections

MNF will retain power, bag more than 25 seats: CM Zoramthanga

Speaking to reporters after filing his nomination from the Aizawl East-1 seat, Zoramthanga said that the main opposition party Zoram People's Movement (ZPM), rather than the Congress, poses a potential threat to the MNF.

Reduce IndusInd Bank; target of Rs 1280 HDFC Securities

HDFC Securities recommended reduce rating on IndusInd Bank with a target price of Rs 1280 in its research report dated October 18, 2023.

Assembly Elections 2023: Huge rise in capex, but all 5 states may not meet targets

Capital expenditure of the five poll-bound states – Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Telangana – is up 44-443 percent year-on-year in the first five months of 2023-24. But not all five states are on track to meet their budget estimates

Assembly Elections 2023: Behind BJP’s ticket distribution strategy is a growing appetite for risk taking

Assembly elections 2023: : From letting big leaders know that they aren’t bigger than the organisation to fuelling the political ambitions of ordinary workers despite the pitfalls of upsetting the settled order, and downsizing sitting MPs to contest assembly polls, much experimentation is going on in BJP ticket distribution and there is a method to it

Mizoram elections: An overview of the state economy

Mizoram is all set for a three-way battle between the Mizo National Front (MNF), the Congress party, and the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) in the November 7 election to all 40 legislative assembly seats.

High debt, lower per capita income, inflation— Mizoram has more than a poll battle at hand

A graphical snapshot of the service sector-led economy of the election-bound state, which has struggled to meet its fiscal deficit targets.

BJP releases list of 12 candidates for Mizoram polls

In a separate notification, the party named Bhavna Bohra as its candidate for the Pandaria assembly seat in Chhattisgarh, where polling will be held in two phases on November 7 and November 17.

Mizoram Elections 2023: Three reasons why Manipur violence doesn’t impact the assembly polls

Mizoram Elections 2023: What we saw in Mizoram was a "Mizo" response to the crisis in Manipur and the refugee influx, not an MNF response. The opposition ZPM response would have been no different, thereby negating any Manipur effect. Moreover, there is no dearth of local issues relating to the crisis-ridden economy and narcoterrorism for the opposition to corner Zoramthanga

Mizoram Assembly Elections 2023: Don't vote for those who harm culture, religion, tradition, says Rahul

When voting, the people of Mizoram should keep in mind that they are not aiding those who intend to harm their culture, religion and tradition, said the Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi while addressing a rally in Lunglei

Congress releases list of 39 candidates for Mizoram Assembly polls

The names of candidates were announced on a day former Congress president Rahul Gandhi arrived in Aizawl on a two-day visit to campaign for party candidates for the November 7 assembly elections in the northeastern state.

PM Modi more concerned about Israel than Manipur: Rahul Gandhi

Addressing a rally near Raj Bhavan here after undertaking a 2-km-long padayatra through the city roads, he said that neighbouring Manipur is no longer a unified single state, but has been divided into two states on ethnic lines.

Assembly Elections 2023: Ten big (and common) themes across the poll-bound states

Politics is an immensely difficult vocation to pursue and this is intensified by competitiveness and complexities of India’s electoral politics. But we found that governments across the poll-bound states that best negotiate these ten aspects of the coming elections may finish first past the post

'Sundays are sacred for Christians': Parties urge EC to reschedule counting for Mizoram polls

The other parties that have written to the EC are the Zoram People's Movement and the People's Conference. The conglomerate of major churches in the state, Mizoram Kohhran Hruaitute Committee (MKHC), has also sent a letter to the EC, urging it to change the date of counting.

Assembly elections 2023: BJP fields 7 MPs for Rajasthan, CM Chouhan to contest from his traditional Budhni seat

Rajasthan goes to polls on November 23. The votes for the 200-seat assembly will be counted on December 3

Mizoram Assembly elections: Voting on November 7; Zoram People’s Movement set to challenge ruling MNF

Mizoram Assembly Election Dates: ZPM, which focuses on youth, replaces Congress as the principal opposition. The party picks 15 of its 39 candidates who are under 50 years.

Mizoram: A two-pronged fight between MNF and ZPM with Congress, BJP as third and fourth players

Facing a challenge from the opposition ZPM on account of its presence in the BJP-led NDA, the MNF has ramped up its Mizo nationalism rhetoric. The ZPM is strong in urban areas but has a lot of ground to cover in rural parts