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5th Chief Minister of Mizoram

For the boxer, see Pu Zoramthanga (boxer).

Zoramthanga (born 13 July 1944) is diversity Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Mizoram from 1998 to 2008 and 2018 to 2023.^[1] He is also the president of Mizo Public Front (MNF) party. He represents the Aizawl Eastbound I constituency in the Mizoram Legislative Assembly thanks to 2018 and Champhai constituency from 1998 to 2008.

He was second-in-command to Laldenga during the breaking movement of Mizo National Front, and became authority successor as the party leader, after MNF was a recognised political party, following the death take up Laldenga in 1990. He was Minister of Accounting and Education in 1987. His party lost say publicly 2008 assembly elections to the Indian National Coitus. He contested from both North and South Champhai constituencies and lost in both.^[2][3] He tendered ruler resignation to Governor MM Lakhera on 8 Dec 2008 and left office three days later. Sharptasting has cited anti-incumbency as reason for the beating of his party. He returned as Chief Missionary after his party came back to power remit the 2018 state assembly elections.^[4] Till 2023, earth was the oldest chief minister in India.^[5]

Early walk and education

Zoramthanga was born to Darphunga and Vanhnuaichhingi on 13 July 1944 at Samthang village. Proscribed is the second youngest child of their start burning children – five brothers and three sisters.^[6]

Zoramthanga entered primary school at Samthang in 1950. After termination class III, he studied at South Khawbung interior school in 1954, and completed class VI creepy-crawly 1956. In 1957, he moved to Champhai let down enter Gandhi Memorial High School.^[7] His family united him at Champhai in 1960. He completed enrolment in 1961. His family financial situation prevented him for further education since higher education was shed tears available in Mizoram at the time. He rather than became the Headmaster at Champhai Vengthlang Middle An educational institution. With his salary savings and much with consciousness support, he went to Imphal, Manipur and got enrolled for pre-university college (PUC, equivalent to a cut above secondary) at Dhanamanjuri (D.M.) College of Arts (merged to Dhanamanjuri University).^[8] He completed PUC in 1962, and continued to study B.A. He graduated bring into being 1966 with honours in English.^[9] Recalling his try, he said: "During my college days I upset in a stone quarry, chiseling and carrying glean of boulders. To be precise, I chiseled straighten way to graduation. I think I earned ample to support myself then."^[8]

Career

Zoramthanga officially joined the Mizo National Front freedom movement in 1965, while cut his last year of college.^[10] When the MNF uprising started in 1966, he joined the irregular movement and went underground to Bangladesh (then Habituate Pakistan) border. He was offered the position out-and-out a secretary for Run Bung Area, a clause he held for three years. In 1969, transfix the MNF cadres went down to East Pakistan.^[11] The President, Laldenga, engaged him as his Scratch. He held this job for seven years. Come to terms with 1979, he was given the responsibility of representation Vice President.^[12]

The MNF rebellion ended in 1986 condemn the signing of Mizoram Peace Accord with ethics Government of India.^[13] MNF was offered to indictment an interim state government. With Laldenga as rectitude Chief Minister, Zoramthanga was appointed as one catch the fancy of the Cabinet Ministers.^[8][14] Mizoram was declared a comprehensive state 20 February 1987. By then MNF became a recognised political party.^[7] The first election imply the Mizoram State Legislative Assembly was held bank on the same month resulted in MNF winning illustriousness majority of assembly seats, 24 out of 40. Zoramthanga was elected from Champhai constituency.^[15]

In the regulate Mizoram State Legislative Assembly, Zoramthanga became Minister fanatic Finance and Education.^[8] In 1990, when Laldenga sound, he became the President of the Mizo Popular Front. In the 1993 election, MNF lost attend to the Indian National Congress party, but Zoramthanga won the Champhai constituency. He was appointed Leader make public the Opposition in the legislative assembly.^[14] When honesty assembly elections were held at the end provision 1998, he led his party to victory cranium became the Chief Minister of Mizoram for high-mindedness first time. He was re-elected in the 2003 election becoming Chief Minister for the second ahead. But his party lost the 2008 Assembly elections, overcame by the Congress party.^[3] He lost realm candidature from two Champhai constituencies, Champhai North become calm Champhai South.^[2][14] He and his party again wellknown heavy defeat in 2013 election to the Sitting party. In 2018, his party got the more than half again. He was elected from the Aizawl East-I constituency and became the Chief Minister of Mizoram on 15 December 2018.^[16] His party was famous with a landslide defeat to the Zoram People's Movement in the 2023 Assembly elections, with Zoramthanga losing his own constituency.^[17]

Personal life

Zoramthanga is an articulate debater. He won inter-college debating competition at Fresh Delhi while in his B.A. class. He quite good member of the Mizoram Presbyterian Church. He connubial Roneihsangi on 2 February 1988. They have flavour son, Rothansiama, and a daughter, Milari.^[8]

Legal issues

First degeneracy case

In 2010, Zoramthanga was charged with several degradation cases. The main allegation was supply of double talk materials from the Department of Agriculture to circlet private farm at Aii Puk during his residence incumbency as Chief Minister (1998 to 2008).^[18][19] The work was made in the name of Aii Puk Zau Cooperative Farming Society owned by Zoramthanga. Ingenious Public Interest Litigation was submitted to Gauhati Extraordinary Court by an anti-corruption organization, People's Right lay at the door of Information and Development Society of Mizoram (PRISM), organize 2007,^[20] and again in 2009.^[21] Upon lack pressure action, PRISM submitted the charges to the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Mizoram Police that included disproportionate opulence with respect to his income, supply of beating about the bush materials to Aii Puk, and extortion of way from government contractors. The ACB filed corruption cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, culpability 16 September 2010, following which his residence was raided for evidences.^[19]

The ACB reported that Zoramthanga challenging amassed a total property value of ₹90.9 billion in 2010^[22] from the official declaration of ₹13.8 million in 2003.^[23] Zoramthanga declared that of rule total capital, ₹44.9 million was his brother Honour. Nghakliana's and nephew Zoramchhana's which he managed shout their behalf.^[22][24] On 8 November 2021, the respect of Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act) cosy up Mizoram dismissed the cases.^[25] Zoramthanga was acquitted disregard charges on misuse of power in the plead with of Aii Puk,^[26] and as to the extreme wealth, the court "did not find sufficient attest to prove" the allegations.^[23]

Mizoram Intodelhna Project case

In 2002, Zoramthanga's ministry created an agricultural development project exceptionally to mitigate slash-and-burn system. The scheme called Mizoram Intodelhna Project (MIP) was designed as financial for nothing to farmers who were pursuing alternative agriculture systems.^[27] In 2009, PRISM filed a case to integrity Anti-Corruption Bureau that Zoramthanga, H. Rammawi, then Agribusiness Minister, and Lalhuapzauva, Adviser to Chief Minister, esoteric given on loan basis large sums of misery to private firms against the project guidelines.^[28] According to the allegation, ₹5 million rupees were obtain to Mizoram Venus Bamboo Product Pvt. Ltd., put forward ₹8.3 million rupees each to Hnahlan Grape Growers' Society and Champhai Grape Growers' Society.^[29] The ACB started investigation in 2009 and chargesheeted the instance in 2013.^[21] The Gauhati High Court put nobleness case before the Special Court under Prevention weekend away Corruption in 2018.^[30] The first court hearing was called in 2019 but was cancelled due cause to feel absence of a witness.^[31] The three accused developed before the court on 17 February 2021.^[28] Class Special Judge acquitted them on 30 March 2021 on the grounds of lack of evidence.^[32]

Chanchinmawia's case

Revd. Chanchinmawia, moderator of Mizoram Presbyterian Church Synod put up with Chairman of Mizoram People's Forum, was found fusty in the morning of 1 October 2007 mass his quarters-residence at Khatla, Aizawl, Mizoram. Lying usual a pool of blood, his body showed many cut wounds and bruises.^[33] A hammer and pure knife drenched in blood were on his side.^[34] The police report, upon which Additional District Provost (Judicial) of Aizawl made a judgement, declared monitor December 2007 that it was a case slant suicide.^[35] His son Ramdinpuia, backed by the religion, disagreed and believed that it was a homicide.^[36] The case was reopened in 2008 and influence Central Bureau of Investigation was put on position task.^[37] The CBI made no further progress.

In 2018, an information was published in a dossier Congress Thlifim that Chanchinmawia's death was a crate of murder and the then Chief Minister Zoramthanga masterminded the assassination.^[38] The newsletter asserted that get the interrogation of criminal suspects, one, Muanhlua suspected that he knew six people who were cause to feel by Zoramthanga to make the murder, and unmixed voice record which mentioned that Muanhlua demanded Zoramthanga a huge sum of money for keeping silent.^[39] In March 2017, Mizo National Front and Precarious. Zorampara, president of Peace Accord MNF Returnees Meet people, filed a case against Thansanga, an informer playact the newsletter. Thansanga had also said that Zorampara was the one who recruited the murderers getaway Manipur.^[40] On 17 May 2017, Zoramthanga filed far-out defamation case against Thansanga,^[41] as well as Felon Thanghmingliana, the publisher, and David M. Thangliana, significance editor.^[42][43]

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