Mizoram assembly elections 2023: MNF's ties with BJP-led NDA is issue based, reiterates CM Zoramthanga
AIZAWL: Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga has reiterated that the ties between the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) in the state and the BJP-led NDA is “issue based”.
“Our support for the BJP-led NDA is issue based,” said Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga on Tuesday (October 31).
Mizoram CM Zoramthanga, who is also the chief of the ruling MNF party in the state, made this statement while briefing the media in Aizawl.
“We (MNF) follow a set of principles that might not be in line with the BJP-led NDA. If their (BJP-led NDA) principles are against the Mizo people, we will oppose it,” Zoramthanga said.
Earlier also, the Mizoram chief minister had slammed the BJP-led NDA for its policies.
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It may be mentioned here that Zoramthanga – the Mizoram chief minister and president of the ruling Mizo national Front (MNF), which is an ally of the BJP – slammed the saffron party-led national democratic alliance (NDA) on July 24.
Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga had said that the MNF is “not afraid” of the BJP or the alliance that it leads – the NDA.
He also said that the MNF does not subscribe many of the policies of the BJP-led NDA, while terming them as ‘unacceptable’.
“We (MNF) are a part of the BJP-led NDA, but I want to make it clear that we are not afraid of the NDA nor do we subscribe all of the policies of the alliance,” said Mizoram CM Zoramthanga.
He added: “The MNF is in alliance with the BJP for bringing development in Mizoram. But we are not the yes man of the BJP.”
Furthermore, the Mizoram chief minister, recently, had said that he would not share the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, if the PM visits the state for election campaigning in the state.
Notably, Mizoram will go to polls on November 07.
