Congress Leader Hiphei Resigns as Mizoram Speaker, Joins BJP

Mizoram speaker Hiphei resigned from his post, days after he was dropped from the Congress’s list of candidates.

Hours after resigning as the speaker of Mizoram state assembly, Hiphei joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, 5 November. The development comes days after he was dropped from Congress’s list of candidates for the poll-bound state.

DID HIPHEI FALL OUT OF FAVOUR?

After the first list was released on October 24, people of Palak, Hiphei’s constituency, started objecting to his candidature and Congress decided not to take a chance, The Times of India reported quoting sources.

Reportedly, Hiphei had a meeting with BJP leader and Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma last week. Incidentally, Sarma too, was a Congress MLA from Assam, before he shifted his loyalty to the saffron party in 2015.