<p class="title">An eight-month-long alliance with the BJP in an autonomous development council continue to sting the ruling Congress in Mizoram ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s rally on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The regional Mizo National Front (MNF) has launched a scathing attack against the Congress of having an understanding with ‘Hindu BJP’ as it had formed an alliance in Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) in April this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The MNF levelled the charge while countering Congress’ allegation that the BJP and the MNF are in a ‘secret understanding’ and would try to form an alliance government after the polls.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress had joined hands with the BJP in the 20-member CADC after the election in April had thrown a fractured mandate. The Congress had won six seats and forged an alliance with BJP having five seats to form the council.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The MNF had won eight seats but did not go for the alliance with BJP despite being its partner in the North East Democratic Alliance, a forum of regional parties in the Northeast, floated by the saffron party to remove the Congress.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress, however, walked out of the alliance on October 29 as its campaign focussed on the tagline that ‘Hindu BJP’ would not be accepted in the Christian-majority Mizoram.</p>
<p class="title">An eight-month-long alliance with the BJP in an autonomous development council continue to sting the ruling Congress in Mizoram ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s rally on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The regional Mizo National Front (MNF) has launched a scathing attack against the Congress of having an understanding with ‘Hindu BJP’ as it had formed an alliance in Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) in April this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The MNF levelled the charge while countering Congress’ allegation that the BJP and the MNF are in a ‘secret understanding’ and would try to form an alliance government after the polls.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress had joined hands with the BJP in the 20-member CADC after the election in April had thrown a fractured mandate. The Congress had won six seats and forged an alliance with BJP having five seats to form the council.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The MNF had won eight seats but did not go for the alliance with BJP despite being its partner in the North East Democratic Alliance, a forum of regional parties in the Northeast, floated by the saffron party to remove the Congress.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress, however, walked out of the alliance on October 29 as its campaign focussed on the tagline that ‘Hindu BJP’ would not be accepted in the Christian-majority Mizoram.</p>