Aizawl: K Beichhua, sitting legislator and former minister, has been officially elected as the new president of BJP Mizoram Pradesh.
The election of Beichhua as the new state party chief was formally announced on Monday by BJP National Mahila Morcha president Vanathi Srinivasan.
The announcement was made during a formal event at the Atal Bhavan, the BJP office in Aizawl.
He replaced incumbent Vanlalhmuaka, who held the post for two straight terms. Outgoing state president Vanlalhmuaka and state council member Phillip Vanlalmawia John were elected as national council members.
The internal election of the party was held on Sunday, in which Beichhua was elected on consensus without casting votes. It was conducted in the presence of BJP’s Mizoram in-charge Davesh Kumar.
Beichhua, the MLA of Siaha constituency, urged the people to join the BJP to usher in development.
Addressing a function at the BJP office on Monday, he claimed that people have no more faith in the parties that had ruled Mizoram in the past or the party that is currently in power in the state. The northeastern state is now governed by the Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM).
Born on December 19, 1966, in Siaha town, Beichhua dedicated much of his life to both medical service and public leadership.
He entered active politics by joining the Mizo National Front (MNF) in 2013. He was elected to the assembly from Siaha on an MNF ticket for two consecutive terms in 2013 and 2018 and again on the BJP ticket five years later.
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He was a minister holding various portfolios, including Excise and Narcotics, in the previous MNF dispensation headed by Zoramthanga.
Beichhua joined the BJP in October 2023 after his expulsion from the MNF in January that year.
