 | Mizoram gears up for Assembly polls Tuesday, triangular contest expectedObservers say while a triangular contest is expected among MNF, ZPM and Congress, MNF and ZPM appear to be ahead of Congress. MNF’s biggest advantage is a divided Opposition. |
 | Tharoor urges Mizoram voters to reject 'inefficient' Mizo National Front“Sad to say, you have five wasted years with a government that has been extremely inefficient. There are serious allegations of corruption that I don’t want to repeat,” he said. |
 | MNF’s winning formula will be its nemesis: CongressNLUP was a flagship programme of the previous Congress government, under which financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh was provided to beneficiaries to generate self-employment. |
| Mizo National Front's 2018 winning promise will be its nemesis this time: Congress"Mizos are Christians and they don't like BJP's agenda. People will reject ZPM because it has tied up with BJP. MNF is a gone case," the State Congress president said. |
 | 5-yr-old party says wind of change blows in MizoramParty’s chief ministerial candidate Lalduhoma, who is a former IPS officer, told this newspaper that people have tried and tested Congress and MNF and they will give ZPM a chance this time around. |
 | Regional party may play major role in changing BJP’s fortunes in MizoramZoramthanga is not happy with BJP over the manner in which it handled the Manipur situation. But Union minister Kiren Rijiju played down the Mizoram CM’s jibe. |
 | Election Commission of India yet to respond to pleas to defer vote counting date in MizoramSeven political parties, including ruling MNF and BJP and civil society organisations and student bodies had jointly written to the ECI on October 12 urging to reschedule the counting date. |
 | Mizoram: Zoramthanga plays tribal card, in driver’s seatDespite the burden of such a large number of refugees, Mizoram embraced over 12,000 displaced Kukis from ethnic violence-hit Manipur. |
