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Aizawl, Oct 29 (IANS) Union Minister and senior BJP leader Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said the Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) government has failed to implement central schemes effectively, depriving the people of Mizoram of their benefits.
Singh, who holds the portfolios of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences as Minister of State (Independent Charge), said the non-NDA government in Mizoram has not implemented central schemes optimally, resulting in deprivation to the people of the state.
“While neighboring north-eastern states like Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh witnessed astonishing transformation in the last 11 years, Mizoram missed out on the opportunity to participate in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s top priority for the region,” he told the media in Aizawl.
Singh reached Mizoram on a two-day visit to participate in the campaign in favor of BJP candidate from Dampa Assembly seat Lalhamanghaiha.
By-election on Dampa assembly seat of Mamit district will be held on November 11.
The Union Minister said, “BJP’s victory in the by-election on Dampa assembly seat will herald the arrival of the NDA government in the next assembly elections.” The next assembly elections for the 40-member House in Mizoram are scheduled to be held in December 2028.
Singh met Mizoram State President K.K. to review the preparations for the by-elections to be held on November 11 and to motivate the party workers. Chaired a strategy meeting with senior BJP leaders and officials including Beichua. He urged the workers to take PM Modi’s vision for the North-Eastern region to every household in Mizoram.
Singh expressed confidence that BJP will win the upcoming Dampa by-election.
“The BJP is likely to grow in the Christian-dominated state in the near future. The PM Modi-led NDA government at the Center gives top priority to the progress of the North-Eastern region and has brought development in almost all sectors,” he said.
The visiting Union minister said in a post on
Singh will address some election meetings in Mamit district on Thursday.
Last week, Union Parliamentary and Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju visited Mizoram for two days and campaigned for BJP candidate Lalhamanghaiha.
Apart from the BJP candidate, the ruling Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) candidate Vanlalsailova, a prominent Mizo singer and preacher, the main opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) candidate R. Lalthangliana, Congress’s John Rotluangliana and Mizoram People’s Conference (MPC) candidate K. Zhammingthanga is also contesting the November 11 bypoll, making it a five-cornered contest.
Before the election schedule was announced by the Election Commission on October 6, both the ruling and opposition parties had already announced their candidates and started their campaigns in this politically important constituency.
Dampa assembly seat in Mizoram’s Mamit district fell vacant after the death of opposition MNF MLA Lalrintluanga Selo on July 21.
–IANS
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