Aizawl, Oct 5 (PTI) Newly appointed BJP in-charge of Mizoram, Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, on Monday said that the party’s central leadership is taking the 2028 Assembly elections in Mizoram “very seriously.
Recently, the BJP has entrusted Karad, a former Union Minister of State for Finance, with overseeing the party’s affairs in Mizoram as part of its efforts to strengthen the organisation ahead of the Assembly elections due in 2028.
Speaking to reporters at a press conference here, Karad said his appointment reflected the party’s seriousness about the Assembly elections in the state.
Karad, who has also been assigned as the BJP Northeast Co-Coordinator for the entire Northeast region, said that he would visit Mizoram regularly to extend support for strengthening the BJP organisation at the grassroots level.
“The central BJP leadership is taking the upcoming General Elections in Mizoram very seriously. My appointment as the state in-charge reflected the seriousness with which the party is approaching the electoral battle in the state,” the former Rajya Sabha member said.
Karad said that the BJP is committed to bringing good governance, development, and peace to Mizoram, in line with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a Viksit Northeast.
He highlighted infrastructure and development projects implemented by the Narendra Modi government in Mizoram, including the Bairabi-Sairang railway line, road and energy projects, Eklavya Model Residential Schools and rural housing schemes.
He said that the 51.38-km Bairabi-Sairang railway line, constructed at a cost of over Rs 8,070 crore, had brought Mizoram’s capital region onto the railway map for the first time.
Karad claimed that projects worth more than Rs 9,000 crore in railways, roads, energy, sports and social infrastructure were inaugurated or launched during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Mizoram in September 2025.
“The Modi government has not merely promised connectivity to Mizoram. but it has delivered it. The first railway to the capital region is a historic milestone and a symbol of a new Mizoram that is connected, confident and economically integrated with the rest of India,” he said.
On speculation over the ruling Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) joining the NDA, the BJP leader said that there had been no formal discussion on the issue and that any decision would be taken by the party’s central leadership.
Karad expressed confidence about the party’s electoral prospects in Mizoram, saying the state needed the party to realise its full potential and could become one of the most progressive states in the Northeast if the right party is elected. PTI CORR RG
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