AIZAWL, March 31 : Reformed Mizoram Peoples’ Conference (RMPC), a breakaway group of Mizoram Peoples’ Conference, today decided to switch support from the Mizo National Front to the ruling Congress.
“We believe in the leadership of the Congress. We want great leaders like Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Pranab Mukherjee, P Chidambaram and Rahul Gandhi to rule the country,” a statement of the RMPC, led by former MLA Dr J V Hluna, said.
The RMPC, floated just ahead of the State Assembly polls, held on December 2 last year, had supported the then ruling MNF.
The U-turn came after the MNF formed an electoral alliance with the MPC, led by former Chief Minister Brig (Rtd) T Sailo.
The elections to the lone seat of Lok Sabha in Mizoram, slated for April 16, is likely to see a triangular fight. Three candidates - former minister C L Ruala of the Congress, former MP Dr H Lallungmuana of the MNF-MPC alliance and failed MP candidate Rualpawla of Israel National Front have filed their nomination papers. The last date for the filing of nomination papers is March 30.
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