Lai People's Party
Lai People's Party was a political party in the Indian state of Mizoram. LPP was active in the Chhimutuipui West district.[1][2][3] The party was founded in 1996.[4] It was based among the Lai (Pawi) people, and demanded a separate Lairam Union Territory.[5] As of 1996 the party president was F. Manghnuna and L. Chinzah the party vice president.[5] Z. Hengmang, who had been the first chairman of the Pawi-Lakher Regional Council in 1953, took part in the founding of LPP and remained its senior advisor until his death in 2004.[4]
In 1996 a LPP delegation met with Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, presenting a memorandum asking for a separate Union Territory.[5]
LPP held one (of 27) seat in the Lai Autonomous District Council.
References
[edit]- ^ rediff. Tribal parties likely to hold the balance of power
- ^ Business Standard. Congress Chances Slim In Mizoram
- ^ Mahendra Singh Rana. India Votes: Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha Elections 1999, 2000 : Poll Analysis, Election Data, and Party Manifestos. B.R. Publishing Corporation, 2000. p. 279
- ^ a b Doungel Jangkhongam, Z. Hengmang, Founder of The Pawi-Lakher Regional Council (PLRC) and Father of The Lais of Mizoram (September 2017). Historical Journal Mizoram, 2017
- ^ a b c Col Ved Prakash. Encyclopaedia of North-East India, Vol. 4. Atlantic Publishers & Dist, 2007. p. 1830
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