India News | ZPM Got Money from BJP Before Mizoram Polls, Claims MNF's Zoramthanga
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Alleging that the ZPM got financial assistance from the BJP before the 2023 Mizoram polls, MNF president Zoramthanga on Tuesday said the state's ruling party was also "trying hard" to join the NDA.
Aizawl, Mar 26 (PTI) Alleging that the ZPM got financial assistance from the BJP before the 2023 Mizoram polls, MNF president Zoramthanga on Tuesday said the state's ruling party was also "trying hard" to join the NDA.
Addressing a rally in Saitual town in northeastern Mizoram, Zoramthanga alleged that Chief Minister Lalduhoma had approached Assam CM Himanta Biswas Sarma before the assembly polls so that the ZPM could become a part of the NDA.
Also Read | Pune Water Crisis: After Bengaluru, Water Shortage Looms Over Maharashtra City As Borewells Dry Up.
ZPM had received money from the BJP before last year's state polls, he claimed.
ZPM wanted the MNF to sever ties with NDA to pave the way for it to be part of the alliance, he added.
Zoramthanga, the former CM, claimed that his party has constantly opposed the NDA government at the Centre on issues affecting the interest of minorities and Mizoram despite being in the alliance.
"The NDA sees the MNF as a nuisance because we often oppose it from within on issues affecting Mizoram. Unlike MNF, the ZPM wouldn't be able to oppose the NDA," he said.
Zoramthanga claimed that Union Home Minister Amit Shah "stopped pushing" him to withdraw Mizoram Police from the inter-state border during the dispute with Assam when he warned that he would resign as the chief minister.
Earlier, Lalduhoma had said that his party will remain independent of any alliance at the Centre.
He had said that a regional party can't put forward its view and take independent decisions on important issues as long as it aligned with either of the two blocs, one led by the BJP and the other by the Congress, at the Centre.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)