This story is from October 21, 2023
BJP bows to students, drops Mizoram pick
BJP has withdrawn one of its four female candidates from the November 7 Mizoram elections, complying with an influential apex student body's diktat that parties should not field women married to non-tribals. Judy Zohmingliani was to contest from the Tuivawl seat. She is married to an Anglo-Indian.
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