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We meet Mizoram's Youngest MLA Baryl Vanneihsangi, an RJ turned politician from the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) for a special podcast on DYNT News in Mizoram.

The recently concluded Mizoram Assembly election saw many firsts, one of which was the winning of a 32-year-old woman MLA candidate, the youngest in the state. Baryl Vanneihsangi, a former TV presenter, won from the Aizawl South-III constituency by 1,414 votes. Vanneihsangi is from the newly-crowned party in the state, the Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM).

The ZPM, which is also Mizoram’s newest party, won the election by capturing 27 seats out of a total of 40, thrashing the previous incumbent Mizo National Front (MNF).

Meet Baryl Vanneihsangi, Mizoram’s youngest woman MLA
Baryl Vanneihsangi secured victory by garnering a total of 9,370 votes, defeating MNF’s candidate F Lalnunmawia. Vanneihsangi has previously worked as a corporator in Aizawl Municipal Corporation (AMC), as per the affidavit in the Election Commission.

She previously worked as a TV presenter and radio jockey before shifting gears to politics. She has been into radio since 2015 and then shifted to digital media to work as a TV presenter for a local news channel.

Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:33 From Radio Jockey to MLA?
00:03:12 What Inspired you to Join Politics?
00:04:25 On using Media in Politics
00:06:28 Your Aspirations Going Forward
00:07:44 Injustice on Kukis in Manipur
00:09:20 Christians in Danger being Minority
00:11:17 Are Meiteis capable of Genocide?
00:13:25 Why don't we see any female faces against BJP?
00:16:52 Message to Kuki Zo Community
00:18:54 Are you going to Lamka?

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