180 MNF & BJP members join Congress in Chakma Autonomous District Council

KAMALNAGAR: In a major development, 186 members from the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) joined the Congress during an induction programme conducted by the Chakma District Congress Committee (CDCC) on Friday at Kamalanagar, the headquarters of the Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC).

The induction programme, which was graced by Chief Guest Adikanta Tongchangya, witnessed the joining of Hiran Bijay Chakma, Advocate and his supporters from MNF along with one elected Village Council Member (VCM), one nominated VCM and several other members from the BJP.

Tongchangya said that the ruling MNF Government in CADC is unable to provide a stable administration for the people of CADC, and so far the Chief Executive Member (CEM) and Executive Committee have been changed five times within the five-year tenure, which clearly shows their inability to run the CADC administration.

He alleged that the MNF Government in CADC had promised Rs 3 lakh per family under Socio-Economic Development Policy (SEDP), but four years later it could only distribute corn seeds that too only to a limited number of families.

CDCC president Ramani Chakma, while expressing happiness with the joining of energetic and educated youths in the Congress party, said, "Both the ruling MNF and BJP failed to fulfil the promises made. It is only the Congress which has worked for the Chakma people of Mizoram, including the establishment of CADC in 1972 under the leadership of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the empowerment of the CADC by amending the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution during the government of Late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi," a press release said.

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