Meet India's Most Important Voter, Polygamous Sect Leader With 39 WIVES And 127 Children Being Courted By Every Politician To Make Sure They Will Receive Dozens Of Ballots.

Polygamist and sect leader Zionnghaka Chana has become the voter every politician in Mizoram state wants to know because of his influence over his 39 wives and 127 children and grandchildren.
Mr Chana, who has a 100-room home in the Baktawng village, Aizawl, told reporters: 'We were witnessing a rush of politicians seeking votes in the last few days.
Zionnghaka Chana - who is currently being courted by numerous politicians in the Mizoram state because of his influence over his 39 wives and 127 children and grandchildren.Continue to see more on his family here.


Mr Chana lives with his huge family, pictured, in a 100-room, four-storey house in the village of Baktawng, Mizoram
'During every election we are much in demand as the winning margins of politicians in this state are slim, so even 100-odd votes matter to them.'
One of Mr Chana's wives, Rinkmini, said: 'When we go to vote, we always cast our ballots for the same candidate or party.
'That means more than 160-odd votes are assured from one family.'
Like most voters at this election, Mr Chana said he wanted clean government and development so that his family could prosper.
'All we want is good governance and the wellbeing of the state instead of personal gains for our family from the politicians,' he said.
Mizoram is the only state voting on Friday, in the fourth of nine stages of voting in the world's biggest election.



The house where Mr Chana, who is head of a sect, and his family live. He says numerous local politicians have approached him trying to befriend him in the run up to the election


The family cram on to a truck to make their way to church. One of Mr Chana's wives, Rinkmini, said: 'When we go to vote, we always cast our ballots for the same candidate or party'




One of Mr Chana's wives prepares dinner for the family. The sect leader said he want s clean government take power in the next election so his family can prosper
The Election Commission rescheduled polling following a dispute over whether tribal groups displaced during recent ethnic strife were allowed to vote in their refugee camps.
The state represents less than one percent of India's 814 million-strong electorate. Voting across India ends on May 12 - with results due four days later.
Mr Chana's grandfather founded the sect in the 1930s. It has some 1,700 members including four generations of the Chana family, many of whom carve wooden furniture and make pottery items.
The group live in an enormous 100-room, four-storey property - but some of the wives still have to sleep top-to-tail in communal dormitories.
The family is organised with great discipline. The oldest wife Zathiangi, 69, regularly draws up schedules for her fellow partners to take turns performing household chores such as preparing meals, washing and cleaning.

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