Aizawl, Aug 13: Mizoram Chief Minister and President of the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF), Zoramthanga, said on Saturday that the party’s support to the BJP-led NDA is only issue-based.

Addressing party workers here, Zoramthanga said the lone MNF Lok Sabha member from Mizoram — C. Lalrosanga — supported the opposition’s no-confidence motion as the party is dissatisfied with the Centre’s handling of the Manipur issue.

“We supported the NDA as we cannot be a part of the Congress-led alliance. However, our support to the NDA is only issue-based and we would oppose the alliance if and when it goes against the interests of the Mizo people as a whole,” the veteran politician clarified.

The Chief Minister said that the MNF government defied the Centre’s order to deport Myanmarese refugees to their country and allowed them to take shelter in the state.

While the MNF, one of NDA’s oldest allies, is yet to pull out from the BJP-led alliance, it did support the no-confidence motion moved in the Lok Sabha by the grand opposition alliance INDIA criticising both the Centre and state government over the “wrong handling of the Manipur crisis”.

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