How Congress unraveled in Mizoram, its last bastion of power in Northeast

The Congress’ defeat in the Mizoram assembly elections in November 2018 saw the party losing its last bastion in the Northeast.
In the two years before that, the Congress had faced defeat in Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura too.
The drubbing in Mizoram, at the hands of the Mizo National Front (MNF), also proved to be a precursor of sorts to the party’s subsequent loss in the three tribal autonomous councils of the state — the Lai Autonomous Development Council (LADC), Mara Autonomous Development Council (MADC) and Chakma Autonomous Development Council (CADC).
These councils exist under the sixth schedule of the Constitution, which grants special safeguards to tribal areas.
Prior to this defeat, the Congress was the sole centre of power in Mizoram’s politics for half a decade, occupying a stunning 85 per cent of the assembly seats and holding the reins in all three autonomous district councils.

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