Overview
- Wrapping up a two-day campaign visit on October 30, the Union minister chaired strategy meetings in Aizawl and urged BJP workers to take Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to households across Mizoram.
- He accused the ruling Zoram People’s Movement of failing to effectively implement Central schemes, arguing that residents were denied benefits seen in other Northeast states.
- The Dampa by-election in Mamit district is scheduled for November 11 after the seat fell vacant following MNF legislator Lalrintluanga Sailo’s death on July 21.
- The race is a five-cornered contest involving candidates from the BJP, the ruling ZPM, the MNF, the Congress and the Mizoram People’s Conference.
- Singh highlighted the BJP’s ‘double-engine’ pitch, citing Prime Minister Modi’s more than 70 visits to the Northeast and expressing confidence in the party’s growth in Mizoram.