Who is Mizoram's ZPM CM face Lalduhoma; the controversial past of former IPS officer

Lalduhoma, a former IPS officer, is set to become the CM in Mizrom after his recently launched political group ZPM stormed to power in the northeastern state.

Mizoram was previously ruled by either Congress or Mizo National Front (MNF).

But the question remains how Lalduhoma, who is also a former Congress MP, created history by becoming the leader of the first regional outfit in the state to storm to power.

Lalduhoma served in the security of the former PM Indira Gandhi, and he resigned from the IPS to join the Congress.

Reportedly, Lalduhoma has played a pivotal part in finalizing a peace deal with a Mizo militant faction. Lalduhoma flew to Londed to persuade Mizo militant faction leader for peace talks with ex-militant leader turned politician Zoramthanga and the deal was finally signed in WRITE YEAR with Indira Gandhi.

Lalduhoma is being credited as the key player in creating the Mizoram state.

In 1984, he won the Lok Sabha seat on Congress ticket, however, due to the rift with a state Congress leadership he was disqualified for not following the whip. And so, he became the first ever MP to be disqualified under anti-defection law in 1988.

Lalduhoma was heading ZPM (a collation of many small regional parties) which was not registered at that time and fought the 2018 elections from Aizawl West-I and Sechhip as an independent candidate and defeated senior Congress candidate and incumbent CM Thanhawla.

In 2020, Lalduhoma was disqualified as MLA on technical grounds to defect ZPM.