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  • Congress To Move Gauhati HC Over Voting By Police Personnel In LS Polls |

    Aizawl: Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Monday said that it will move the Gauhati High Court against the Election Commission for not facilitating voting for about 1,047 police personnel who were deployed for poll duty in other states. They had failed to cast their votes in the Lok Sabha polls held on April 19 in the state, the MPCC said.

    It said that the party had on May 13 written to the state chief electoral officer (CEO) asking him to take steps so that the policemen could exercise their franchise.

    As per the reply of the CEO, the Election Commission is unlikely to arrange voting facilities for the policemen, who did not cast during the elections due to their deployment for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, the MPCC said.

    The party said that it will file a Public Interest Litigation at the Aizawl bench of Gauhati High Court to ensure that the police personnel cast their votes before the counting of votes.

    Although they were supposed to exercise their franchise at facilitation centres, no such arrangements could be made for them as they had to leave the state, before the candidates could be finalised, due to direction from higher authorities, officials said.

    The state election department has claimed that it requested the Election Commission at least two times to allow the police personnel to cast their votes for the lone Mizoram Lok Sabha seat.

    However, the Central poll panel rejected the requests, the CEO office in the state said.

    On Saturday, the People’s Conference (PC) party also wrote to the Election Commission principal secretary S B Joshi, urging the poll panel to allow 1,047 policemen from Mizoram, to cast their votes.

    The party blamed the authorities for failing to arrange the Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS) for the police personnel.

    It said that 1,047 votes will have a meaningful impact on the poll results in a small state like Mizoram.

  • Burmese Army Plane Crashes At Mizoram’s Lengpui Airport, Six Injured

    Out of the 14 passengers, six sustained injuries, while the remaining eight are reported to be safe, according to the DGP.

  • Mizoram Elections: 65 percent candidates are millionaires, AAP leader Andrew the richest, see list

    Of the 174 candidates trying their luck in the Mizoram Assembly elections, 112 candidates are crorepatis and among them, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) state unit president Andrew Lalremkima Pachuau is the richest with declared assets of around Rs 69 crore. According to the affidavits of the candidates available with PTI, 64.4 percent candidates have declared assets worth Rs 1 crore or more.

    Richest Andrew with declared assets

    Andrew is the richest with declared assets of Rs 68.93 crore. He is contesting from Aizawl North-III constituency. Congress’s R Vanlalatluanga (Serchhip seat) is in second place in terms of highest declared assets. He has declared assets worth Rs 55.6 crore, while H Ginjalala (Champai North) of Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) is at the third position with declared assets of Rs 36.9 crore. According to the affidavits, his source of income is business.

    BJP candidate JB’s assets worth Rs 90.32 crore!

    Ramhlun-Edena, the independent candidate from Serchhip seat, has the least assets. He has movable assets worth Rs 1,500. In his affidavit uploaded on the Election Commission website, BJP candidate from Laungtalai West JB Rualchinga has erroneously declared his assets worth Rs 90.32 crore. The party has requested the election department to improve it.

    Who was the richest candidate of 2018?

    Earlier, Mizo National Front (MNF) candidate Lalrinnanga Selo (Hachek) was the richest candidate in the 2018 assembly elections with declared assets of Rs 100 crore. After this, MNF’s Robert Romavia Royte (Aizawl East-II) was at second position with assets worth Rs 44 crore. This time the assets of Cello have reduced to Rs 26.24 crore and that of Royte to Rs 32.24 crore.

    16 women candidates contested the election

    Among the 16 women candidates who contested the election, Congress candidate Maryam L. Hrangchal (Lunglei South) is the richest with assets worth Rs 18.63 crore. MNF president and Chief Minister Zoramthanga is the richest among the presidents of the five competing political parties with assets worth Rs 5 crore.

    Criminal cases are pending against three candidates from ZPM and one each from MNF and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), while criminal cases were pending against nine candidates in the 2018 elections, including Zoramthanga and former Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla.

    Deputy Chief Minister Tawanluia, contesting from Tuichang seat for the second time, is the oldest candidate. He is 80 years old, while woman candidate Lalruatfeli Hlawando and BJP candidate F Wanmingthanga are the youngest candidates. His age is 31 years.