Former Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga speaks to Outlook about MNF’s prospects in the upcoming assembly elections.
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Updated: 11 Dec 2018 3:47 pm
Zoramthanga, the 74-year-old insurgent-turned-politician, was twice chief minister of Mizoram between 1998 and 2008. He is now leading the Mizo National Front’s (MNF) bid to end the Congress’s ten-year reign in the northeastern state. In an exclusive interview at the MNF headquarters in Aizawl, Zoramthanga spoke to Outlook before filing his nomination papers for the Aizawl East I constituency.
How do you see the MNF’s prospects in the assembly elections?
