On Thursday afternoon, in a packed auditorium of Aijal Club, Aizawl, Lalnghinglova Hmar, popular as “the father of Mizo football”, announced that he will contest for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as an Independent candidate, backed by the Indian National Congress and Zoram People’s Movement.
Raising concerns over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, he said, “BJP president Amit Shah clearly mentioned at a rally in Assam that if the BJP is voted to power, they will put up the Citizenship Bill in Parliament again. I am here, standing in front of you, to tell you that I will fight this arrogance.”