Guwahati, Apr. 26 - Elected members of the BJP and Congress have joined hands to run Mizoram's Chakma Tribal Council, a surprise move engineered by local Congress leaders to keep the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) out of power.
No party had a majority in this month's elections to the Chakma Autonomous District Council that was set up in 1972 to let the Buddhist tribal community govern themselves. The ruling Congress had ended up with just six seats in the 20-member Council and the BJP had five. The MNF, a constituent of BJP-led North East Democratic Alliance, was the largest party in the Council, with eight seats.
