Guwahati, Dec 15 (IBNS): Mizo National Front (MNF) president Zoramthanga on Saturday was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Mizoram after the party swept in the assembly polls in the state.
Mizoram governor K Rajasekharan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Zoramthanga and his council ministers at the ceremony held at Raj Bhawan in Aizawl.
Earlier, Zoramthanga held the position in between 1998 to 2008.
The MNF returned to power in Mizoram after a decade by winning 26 seats of the 40-member Mizoram Legislative Assembly and the party’s massive victory in the Christian majority state uprooted the Congress’s last bastion in the northeast.
In recent assembly polls, the MNF won 26 seats, while the Congress had managed to get only five compared to 34 in 2013.
Five-time Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Lal Thanhawla, who contested from Champhai South and Serchhip, had lost both seats.
The Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM), formed last year, captured eight seats to become the principal opposition party.
This time, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had managed to open its account in Mizoram after Dr Buddha Dhan Chakma won the Tuichawng seat.
(Image by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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