A regional party in Mizoram has returned the leftover money from its election campaign fund to its candidates and others who had contributed ahead of the November 7 polls.
The Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) said it has not set a precedent with this gesture but revived a cultural practice of the Mizo people that was lost during the reigns of the Mizo National Front (MNF) and Congress.
On November 27, the Chanmari and Hunthar units of the ZPM returned ₹7,000 and ₹59,000 to K. Sapdanga, the party’s candidate who contested the Aizawl West III Assembly constituency. Chanmari and Hunthar are localities in the State’s capital Aizawl and fall within this constituency, one of 40 in Mizoram.