New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday appointed Union Minister Kiren Rijiju as the party’s election in-charge for the upcoming Mizoram assembly polls scheduled for November 7.
The BJP in a statement announced that national secretary Anil Antony and Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister Yanthungo Patton have been appointed as co-in-charges for the upcoming Mizoram elections.
The electoral process for all 40 assembly seats in Mizoram will commence on November 7 with the counting of votes scheduled for December 3.
In the previous assembly elections in November 2018, the Mizo National Front (MNF) secured 26 seats, the Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) secured eight seats, the Congress won five seats, and the BJP secured one seat.
In another statement released by Arun Singh, the national general secretary and headquarters in-charge of the party, Jatinder Pal Malhotra has been named as the president of the BJP’s unit in Chattisgarh.