India, Feb. 17 -- Mizo National Front (MNF) president Zoramthanga on Monday criticised the state government over the land acquisition at Lengpui, alleging that mandatory legal procedures were bypassed to hasten the process.

Speaking after releasing the party's candidates for the upcoming Aizawl Municipal Corporation (AMC) polls, Zoramthanga said the price at which land near Lengpui Airport was acquired for the Indian Air Force (IAF) was "astonishing".

He stated that the IAF had been seeking land since the tenures of both Congress and MNF governments, which had agreed to the proposal in principle. However, he said, concrete steps began only on May 15 last year when the present Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) administration issued a prelimi...