Aizawl, Feb. 26 -- Zoram People's Movement leader V Zirsanga will be sworn in as the new chief executive member (CEM) of the Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC) in Mizoram on Thursday, an official said.

The official said that state Governor General (retired) Vijay Kumar Singh on Monday approved the appointment of Zirsanga as the council's chief.

The notification issued by the state's district council and minority affairs department on Monday said that the LADC should hold a special session for a floor test to prove Zirsanga's majority within 30 days of his appointment as the CEM, he said.

Zirsanga's appointment came more than a week after Mizo National Front (MNF)-Congress coalitionexecutive committee in the LADC in south Mizoram's ...