Aizawl, March 23 -- The contest for the 19-ward Aizawl Municipal Corporation (AMC) elections gathered momentum today, with the ruling Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) and the Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) announcing their candidates, even as the Mizo National Front (MNF) filed nominations for all 19 wards in a coordinated show of strength.
Both the ZPM and the Congress formally launched their election campaigns during the day, with the Congress also releasing its manifesto outlining its agenda for the capital's civic body. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), however, is yet to declare its nominees, leaving its strategy for the urban polls unclear at this stage.
The upcoming AMC election, scheduled for April 21, assumes heightened p...