K. Sapdanga | |
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Minister of Home Affairs of Mizoram | |
Assumed office 8 December 2023 | |
Governor | Kambhampati Hari Babu |
Chief Minister | Lalduhoma |
Preceded by | Lalchamliana |
Minister of Personnel and Administrative Reforms of Mizoram | |
Assumed office 8 December 2023 | |
Governor | Kambhampati Hari Babu |
Chief Minister | Lalduhoma |
Preceded by | Tawnluia |
Minister of Disaster Management and Rehabilitation of Mizoram | |
Assumed office 8 December 2023 | |
Governor | Kambhampati Hari Babu |
Chief Minister | Lalduhoma |
Preceded by | Lalchamliana |
Minister of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation of Mizoram | |
Assumed office 8 December 2023 | |
Governor | Kambhampati Hari Babu |
Chief Minister | Lalduhoma |
Preceded by | Tawnluia |
Member of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office December 2023 | |
Preceded by | C Lalmuanpuia |
Constituency | Aizawl North 3 Assembly constituency |
Personal details | |
Born | 15 November 1958 |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Zoram People's Movement (since 2017) |
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Education | BA |
Alma mater | North-Eastern Hill University |
K. Sapdanga (born 1958) is an Indian politician and a journalist who is elected as a Member of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly in December 2023 from Aizawl North 3 Assembly constituency. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He is a Cabinet Minister under the Zoram People's Movement government led by Lalduhoma, as Chief Minister. [1] with the following portfolios allocated to him - Home Department, Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation Department, Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms and Disaster Management & Rehabilitation Department. [6] He is the working president of Zoram People's Movement. [7]
K. Sapdanga is also the Editor and Publisher of Vanglaini, [8] the newspaper with the largest circulation in Mizoram, he is also the co-founder of Zonet cable TV. [9]
Zoram Nationalist Party is a political party in Mizoram, India. The party was formerly known as Mizo National Front (Nationalist). It was founded by former MP Lalduhoma. MNF(N) was formed in 1997 through a split in the Mizo National Front.
Lalduhoma is an Indian politician who serves as the 6th Chief Minister of Mizoram since 8 December 2023. Formerly an Indian Police Service officer, he resigned from the security service to the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and was elected as Member of Parliament to the Lok Sabha from Mizoram and President of the Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee in 1984. He however left the party from which he was elected two years later, for which he was disqualified from the Parliament. He became the first MP in India to be discharged based upon its anti-defection law.
Vanglaini is a daily newspaper in Mizoram, northeast India, published in the Mizo language. It is registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for India. It is owned, edited, and published by K. Sapdanga. It remains the newspaper in Mizoram with the largest circulation.
Zoramthanga is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Mizoram from 1998 to 2008 and 2018 to 2023. He is also the president of Mizo National Front (MNF) party. He represents the Aizawl East I constituency in the Mizoram Legislative Assembly since 2018 and Champhai constituency from 1998 to 2008.
The Zoram People's Movement is an alliance of six regional parties formed under the leadership of MLA and former IPS Officer Lalduhoma. The party advocates for secularism and the protection of religious minorities in India. In the 2023 Mizoram Assembly polls, the party won 27 seats out of 40 seats and Lalduhoma became the Chief Minister of Mizoram.
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