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3-cornered contest likely in Mizoram

3-cornered contest likely in Mizoram
2 November 2023

As canvassing reaches a quiet crescendo with low-key street campaigns and public meetings in Mizoram, it does so under the watchful eyes of the Presbyterian Church and civil society organisations united under the umbrella Mizoram People’s Forum (MPF) that gets all political parties to sign an agreement every election to follow a code of conduct, perhaps more stringent than even that of the Election Commission. Five key stakeholders are fighting it out, with a new entrant in the form of the Aam...

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Mizoram Polls: Voters keen on Parivartan

Mizoram Polls: Voters keen on Parivartan
1 November 2023

Mizoram goes to the hustings on November 7 and as one criss-crossed part of the state last week, the usual poll-hungama of rallies, buntings, cut-outs of political leaders on highways, the countryside or in the two main towns, door-to-door canvassing, was conspicuously amiss. Instead, a group of party workers would point you to a make-shift stall or hall for some tea and snacks. It is not because they are laidback. Anything but that! Talk to people from across segments of society and the...

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