Former IPS officer turned leader ready to win the throne of Mizoram

GUWAHATI: With the Movimiento Popular Zoram (ZPM) sector coming to power for the first time in Mizoram, party chief and former IPS officer, Lalduhoma, will become the first minister in the state who does not belong to the MNF or Congress. Lalduhoma, a 73-year-old IPS officer-turned-politician, is likely to meet Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati at the Raj Bhavan in Aizawl on Tuesday and assert his right to form the new government. As an IPS officer, Lalduhoma had worked as Indira Gandhi’s security in-charge and the visionary policy of the former Prime Minister had at one time inspired him to enter politics. Lalduhoma resigned from his job to join the Congress and was elected to Mizoram’s sole Lok Sabha seat in 1984. Lalduhoma, who graduated from Shillong’s North East Hill University, resigned from the Congress and briefly joined the MNF when the Mizo Accord was signed in 1986 after 20 years of Mizo insurgency under MNF leader Laldenga. Signed. Mizoram Deputy Chief Minister Tawanluia loses to ZMP candidate in Tuichang elections However, Lalduhoma broke away from the MNF to form the Partido Nationalista Zoram (ZNP) and was elected MLA in the 2003 elections, when the Congress formed the government for a second term. ZPM was formed before the 2018 assembly elections, but ZPM candidates including Lalduhoma had to contest the elections as independent candidates as the party was not recognized by the EC. ZPM candidates won seven seats, leaving the Congress, which slipped to third place with only five seats. Lalduhoma won the electoral districts of Aizawl West-I and Serchhip. In the search contest, he defeated CM and veteran Congress leader Lal Thanhawla. But in 2020, Lalduhoma was disqualified on the basis of the law against desertion, that is, he served as ZPM president despite being elected as an independent candidate. In the 2021 partial elections, Lalduhoma was re-elected as a member of the assembly. The leadership of Lalduhoma’s party continued from municipal elections and village council elections to assembly elections in Mizoram’s second largest city Lunglei. Over time, Lalduhoma transformed into a leader of the Mizos against CM Zoramthanga, who consistently presented himself as a champion of Mizo nationalism during the conflict in Manipur and a provider of refuge to refugees from neighboring Myanmar and Bangladesh. The Mizo people share ethnic ties with the Chin-Kukis. However, Lalduhoma responded to Zoramthanga’s affirmation by saying that the conflict in Manipur and Myanmar would not help the MNF alone, or that all parties in Mizoram strongly supported the victims of Kuki-Zo. cruzada anti corruption In the manifesto given to DH ahead of the November 7 assembly elections, Lalduhoma said the fight against corruption would be the main pillar of his party, as people suffered from “rampant corruption” during the Congress rule. and MNF, the two parties that remained in power. Electricity since Mizoram gained statehood in 1987. Almost half of ZPM’s candidates are under 50, as Lalduhoma is in favor of giving youth a chance in politics.