AIZAWL, Aug 27 NNN : Mizo National Front (MNF) will create three new districts if the party comes to power after the next assembly elections.
\nFormer Mizo militant leader and ex-chief minister of Mizoram Zoramthanga pledged that three new districts namely Hnathial, Saitual and Khawzawl will be created if the MNF comes to power.
\n\u201cWe must form the next government,\u201d said MNF president while delivering a speech at South Tuipui MNF Block-I Conference.
\nIt can be recalled here that the MNF had announced to create the new three districts during its last regime but failed to materialise it.
\n\u201cThis time, we will not fail to create the three new districts,\u201d Zoramthanga said. The former militant leader said during the MNF regime, it was in the process of creating the three new districts \u201cbut our tenure got over.\u201d
\nMeanwhile, the ruling Congress party is heavily depending on the state government\u2019s pilot project the New Land Use Policy (NLUP) as its vote plank in the run-up to the forthcoming assembly polls likely to be held in November.
\nChief minister of Mizoram Lal Thanhawla has been making tall claims of relieving the poor farmers in the state by the New Land Use Policy (NLUP).
\nSo far, over one lakh families have already benefitted from the state government pilot project NLUP and by October this year 1,22,000 families will be benefitted altogether.
\nEach beneficiaries are given money ranging anything from Rs 50,000 to 1,50,000 depending on the type and nature of work they undertake.
\nReports said the people especially the poor section of the people in the state are happy with the NLUP and the Mizoram government knows it well.
\nAccording to the reports, the Lal Thanhawla led Congress government in Mizoram is projecting itself as the pro-poor government and its successful implementation of the NLUP has been posted the ample proof.
\nNLUP is a pilot project of the Congress led Mizoram government under the leadership of chief minister Lal Thanhawla. Under this scheme, the government of Mizoram attempts to provide alternative means of livelihood to the farmers who are heavily dependent on jhumming which is detrimental to the environment.
\nPiggery, bee-keeping, fish-farming, grape-cultivation etc., etc., are some of the fields the government is encouraging the local people to pursue by providing financial assistance.
\nMeanwhile, the main Opposition party in Mizoram, the Mizo National Front (MNF) is giving maximum effort to re-establish its pro-Mizo centric political party. The MNF under former militant leader and ex-chief minister Zoramthanga has been accusing the Lal Thanhawla led Congress government as \u2018very corrupt\u2019. However, whether this old-fashion policy of attacking the rival party will be bought by the commoners, is unsure in the poll-bound Mizoram.<\/p>\n\n