For Lunglei municipal polls Congress announces list of candidates

Aizawl: The Congress on Wednesday released its list of candidates for the elections to the newly constituted Lunglei Municipal Council (LMC) in Mizoram.

The Congress has fielded candidates on all 11 seats of the civic body, for which elections will be held on March 29.
State Congress president Lalsawta asked the candidates to work for the development of Langley, the second largest town in Mizoram after the state capital Aizawl.

The ruling MNF said it would announce its list of candidates on Thursday.
MNF vice-president Lalthlengliana told PTI that the party is confident of winning the first election to the civic body as it had won all assembly seats in the area in 2018.

He said that MNF MLAs of the area are closely monitoring their constituencies.

Mizoram’s main opposition Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) will also announce its candidate lists on Thursday, a party leader said.
State BJP president Vanlalhmuaka said his party will also contest all the civic body seats.
“The names of the candidates will be released on March 9 or 10. The BJP leadership in Delhi is yet to approve the candidates,” he said.

The last date for filing nomination papers is March 10, while the last date for withdrawal is March 14. Counting of votes will take place on April 3.