page_title: 2018 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election
section_title: Quit Notice to CEO
hierarchical_section_title: 2018 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election / Quit Notice to CEO
caption_attribution_description: English: Quite Notice to CEO in Mizoram
context_page_description: The legislative assembly election was held on 28 November 2018 to elect members of the 40 constituencies in Mizoram. Mizo National Front won 26 seats in the election. This was the first time that Congress does not have any government in any of the states in Northeast India.
context_section_description: On the eve of the election, Quit notice was given to Chief Election Officer SB Sashank because of two issues, one involving the deployment of central forces around Reang tribals living in Tripura Camps who are voters for Elections in Mizoram. While the State government wanted them to travel to Mizoram, groups representing Reang tribals wanted them to vote from Tripura camps.
  Secondly the CEO Shashank alleged interference by Principal Secretary (Home) Lalnunmawia Chuaungo in preparations for the polls scheduled on November 28. He wrote to the EC in the last week of October, mentioning an active role played by the state Home Department in this interference. The Election Commission of India  issued orders to the state government to remove Chuaungo with immediate effect. Over 40,000 people mobilized by a co-ordination committee headed by the  Young Mizo Association compromising Mizo Upa Pawl (Mizo senior citizens association), Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl (Mizo women organisation) and two student bodies took to the streets in Aizawl demanding removal of SB Sashank and reinstatement of Lalnunmawia Chaungo. Eventually the Election Commission recalled SB Sashank and appointed Mr Ashish Kundra as the New Chief Election Officer.
caption: A panorama view of Protesters who gathered for removal of SB Sashank in Aizawl
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