Lai People's Party

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Lai People's Party was a political party in the Indian state of Mizoram. LPP was active in the Chhimutuipui West district. [1] [2] [3] The party was founded in 1996. [4] It was based among the Lai (Pawi) people, and demanded a separate Lairam Union Territory. [5] As of 1996 the party president was F. Manghnuna and L. Chinzah the party vice president. [5] Z. Hengmang, who had been the first chairman of the Pawi-Lakher Regional Council in 1953, took part in the founding of LPP and remained its senior advisor until his death in 2004. [4]

In 1996 a LPP delegation met with Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, presenting a memorandum asking for a separate Union Territory. [5]

LPP held one (of 27) seat in the Lai Autonomous District Council.

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