Hrangchal is married to a Gorkha. Congress has fielded two women candidates, the other one being former minister of state Vanlalawmpuii Chawngthu. Hrangchal is the daughter of former Deputy Chief Minister Lalhmingthanga. Her husband, though a Gorkha, has a Mizo name – Dipen Zoliana, who is also a Christian and a church elder of the Baptist Church of Mizoram.
Influential Mizo students' body that told parties not to field women married to non-Mizos to hold a protest Friday; Cong hopes it will get around to its decision to nominate Hrangchal, the daughter of a former deputy CM
In a bizarre development in poll-bound Mizoram, powerful student body Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) on Thursday announced to organise protest rallies on Friday against the state Congress' decision to field a Mizo woman who got married to a non-Mizo .
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