Mizoram Speaker Hiphei has resigned from his post, the House and the
Congress party. He has now joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The development has come a little over three weeks ahead of the assembly elections in the state.
The Congress had earlier named Hiphei as its candidate for the Palak constituency, but replaced him with party general secretary K T Rokhaw last week following reports that said he might move to the BJP.
The sudden resignation is being considered as a response to this move by the Congress.
Hiphei said he submitted his resignation letter to Deputy Speaker R Lalrinawma who accepted it.
From there, he went to Congress Bhavan to resign from primary membership of the party.
The seven-time Congress legislator (between 1972 and 1989 from Tuipang) was elected to the Mizoram Assembly from Palak constituency in 2013. He is the fifth Congress MLA to resign from the 40-member House since September.
Mizoram, the only state in the north-east under Congress rule, will go to the polls on November 28.
Mizoram BJP has not yet announced its candidate for the Palak constituency.
The development has come a little over three weeks ahead of the assembly elections in the state.
The Congress had earlier named Hiphei as its candidate for the Palak constituency, but replaced him with party general secretary K T Rokhaw last week following reports that said he might move to the BJP.
The sudden resignation is being considered as a response to this move by the Congress.
Hiphei said he submitted his resignation letter to Deputy Speaker R Lalrinawma who accepted it.
From there, he went to Congress Bhavan to resign from primary membership of the party.
The seven-time Congress legislator (between 1972 and 1989 from Tuipang) was elected to the Mizoram Assembly from Palak constituency in 2013. He is the fifth Congress MLA to resign from the 40-member House since September.
Mizoram, the only state in the north-east under Congress rule, will go to the polls on November 28.
Mizoram BJP has not yet announced its candidate for the Palak constituency.
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