People of Mizoram will vote for BJP: Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
The Hindu
He claimed that BJP and women candidates will do well in the Mizoram Assembly elections.
Union Minister and senior BJP leader Rajkumar Ranjan Singh has exuded confidence that the people of Mizoram will vote for the saffron party in the forthcoming assembly elections on November 7.
He claimed that BJP and women candidates will do well in the Mizoram Assembly elections.
North East society is already dominated by women in all spheres and the recent passing of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Parliament augurs well for them, the Union Minister of State for External Affairs said on the sidelines of the inauguration of the North East India Festival (NEIF) in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday night.
"We also hope that the sensible electorate of Mizoram will vote for us (BJP) in the seats we are contesting," he said.
Mr. Singh said that he also hoped that some of the women contestants in the ensuing polls would also be successful and make a positive contribution to the development of the state.
He also appealed to women of the other North Eastern states to take advantage of the Women’s Reservation Act and contest elections in their respective states in the future.
Mizoram goes to polls on November 7 to elect members of the 40-member legislative assembly.
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