Aizawl, July 10 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Mizoram has strongly defended the imposition of Governor's Rule in the Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC), stating that the move was constitutionally mandated and necessary amid ongoing political instability.

Addressing a press conference today, Delson Notlia, BJP National Secretary for the Minority Morcha, criticised Mizoram Home Minister K. Sapdanga for his "misleading and baseless" remarks against Governor General V K Singh (Retd.).

He asserted that the Governor acted within his constitutional powers, as provided under Sub-Para (2) of Para 16 and Para 20BB of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India.

According to the BJP, the Governor's intervention was prompted by...