AIZAWL, Feb 20 – The ruling Mizo National Front has got a majority by bagging seven seats in the 13-member Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) polls held last Friday, reports PTI.
Officials of the State District Council Affairs Department said here Monday that the Opposition Congress won five seats while one seat went to an Independent candidate, the officials said, adding the BJP, which contested all 13 seats on offer, failed to win a single seat.
The council’s executive body would soon be formed by the MNF as the party General Secretary and local administration Minister H Vanlalauva, was camping at Chawngte, headquarter town of the CADC, party sources said.
Conceding defeat, Saikapthianga, vice-president of the State PCC, alleged that the ruling MNF won the CADC polls by using official and money power.