BJP Should Hold PM Modi Responsible For Election Defeats: Omar Abdullah

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday December 12, 2018, Srinagar

The BJP should hold Prime Minister Narendra Modi responsible for the party's electoral defeats in the heartland states, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday.

Zoramthanga To Take Oath As Mizoram Chief Minister On Sunday

Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Wednesday December 12, 2018, Aizawl

Mizoram Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan on Wednesday formally invited MNF president Zoramthanga to form the government in the state.

This State, With More Women Voters Than Men, Did Not Get A Woman Lawmaker

Press Trust of India | Thursday December 13, 2018, Aizawl

The Mizoram Assembly will not have a single woman legislator as all the 15 female candidates lost in the November 28 election in the state where women outnumber men in the voters' list.

End Personal Attacks On Rahul Gandhi, BJP's Bihar Allies Tell Party

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday December 13, 2018, Patna

The Lok Janshakti Party (LIP) and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) have urged the BJP leadership to stop making personal attacks on Congress President Rahul Gandhi, saying this was one reason why the BJP lost Assembly elections in the Hindi heartland.

"Communal Polarisation Can't Cut Ice With People": Yashwant Sinha To BJP

Press Trust of India | Thursday December 13, 2018, New Delhi

Former union minister Yashwant Sinha on Thursday said there is a "great deal of agrarian distress" in the country that may have reflected in the voting pattern in the recent assembly polls, but asserted it will be a "grave error of judgement" to call assembly results a trend-setter for Lok Sabha elections.

Zoramthanga Sworn In As Mizoram's New Chief Minister

Press Trust of India | Saturday December 15, 2018, Aizawl

Mizo National Front (MNF) chief Zoramthanga was sworn in today as Mizoram's new chief minister, heading a 12-member ministry. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor K Rajasekharan during a ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Aizawl.

Party Won't Leave North East Democratic Alliance: Zoramthanga

Press Trust of India | Saturday December 15, 2018, Aizawl

The new Mizoram chief minister, Zoramthanga today said that his party the Mizo National Front (MNF) has no intention of leaving the BJP-led NDA and North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA). He said combating alcoholism and drug addiction would be one of the top priorities of his government and it would take up development projects from day one.

In Mizoram, Women Voters Outnumbered Men. But Not A Single Woman Minister

Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Wednesday December 19, 2018, Aizawl

58-year-old Lalhlimpui was Mizoram's first woman minister since it became a full-fledged state 31 years ago, under Laldenga. In Mizoram, out of 209 candidates who contested in this election, only 16 were women and the state has had only had two women ministers in the last 31 years.

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