Aizawl, Aug. 15 -- V Zirsanga, Chief Executive Member (CEM) of Mizoram's Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC) and leader of the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM), resigned on Thursday just minutes before a scheduled trust vote, prompting the House to be adjourned sine die.

The special session was convened following a Gauhati High Court directive ordering Zirsanga to prove his majority through a floor test. LADC, one of Mizoram's three autonomous district councils under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, serves the Lai community in the southern part of the state, with its headquarters in Lawngtlai.

After reading Zirsanga's resignation letter addressed to Governor Vijay Kumar Singh, Council Chairman T Zakunga declared the executive bod...