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Former rebels re-elected GUWAHATI, India, Wednesday (AFP) Former tribal rebels allied with India's ruling Hindu nationalists won a new term in power in the northeastern state of Mizoram bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh, election results showed Tuesday. The Mizo National Front won 20 of the 37 seats in the 40-member assembly which have been declared. India's main opposition Congress won 12 seats. Mizoram went to the polls on November 20 but results were not announced immediately to avoid affecting elections in four other Indian states on Monday. It ousted Congress at the last elections in 1998 and named as the state's chief minister former guerrilla leader Zoramthanga, who like many Mizos uses only one name. Zoramthanga has since served as an intermediary for Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's government to end other insurgencies in northeastern India, where more than 50,000 people have died since 1947 in rebellions. "It is a victory for peace and development," Zoramthanga told AFP by telephone. "We assure we will provide another five years of stable and transparent government in the state." |
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