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Zoramthanga elected leader of MNF-MPC combine

Setting in motion the process of formation of a new government in Mizoram, Mizo National Front president Zoramthanga was unanimously elected today as leader of the United Legislature Party.

Mizoram People's Conference working president Lalhmingthanga was elected as his deputy. The MNF-MPC combine had unseated the Congress government headed by Lalthanhawla in the assembly elections.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the newly elected MLAs of both the parties in Aizawl.

MPC president and former chief minister Brig T Sailo, however, made it clear that he would not be ''an active member of the government''.

Though the party members present at today's crucial meeting were reluctant to divulge what had transpired during the discussions, it was reliably learnt that the new ministry would comprise ten members, five each from the MNF and MPC.

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