Mizoram CM says he acquired land near key project sites at the behest of locals facing hardships

Days aft the Congress enactment accused Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma of acquiring immense tracts of onshore adjacent cardinal improvement zones, the Chief Minister said helium had purchased the properties astatine the petition of the owners arsenic they were “facing hardships”.

Those who person been Members of Legislative Assemblies would recognize the signifier of buying onshore to assistance radical facing hardships successful their constituency, alternatively than retired of idiosyncratic request oregon desire, Mr. Lalduhoma said connected Monday (March 23, 2026).

“I person been elected 3 times successful this constituency. Because radical facing hardships pleaded with maine to bargain their land/garden, I bought onshore adjacent though I didn’t request it. It was to assistance radical successful difficulty. I bought it earlier the election,” the Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) person said, speaking astatine a enactment programme successful Aizawl.

Last week, the Mizoram Congress’s younker helping alleged that Mr. Lalduhoma has purchased astir 25-20 acres of onshore astir the Vantawng Falls viewpoint, and successful the Kanghmun South country successful Serchhip district.

Youth Congress president Laltawnliana claimed that the Chief Minister had acquired the onshore successful aboriginal 2024 from aggregate landowners, and besides purchased onshore parcels successful Kanghmun South.

The onshore adjacent Vantawng Falls could perchance payment from a projected ₹34.50 crore ropeway project, portion the Kanghmun South onshore falls wrong the projected Thenzawl Peace City task area.