In Manipur, Amit Shah Campaigns Against Super Cop Who Took On Drug Mafia
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Manipur Elections 2022: Her popularity is being seen as the reason that the Union Home Minister had to campaign for the BJP candidate.
A lady 'super cop' in Manipur who took on the drug mafia in the state is now contesting against the BJP in the upcoming assembly elections. Home Minister Amit Shah was seen doing door to door campaign against her in the Yaiskul Assembly seat in Imphal East.
Brinda Thounaojam is being seen as a candidate with a difference. Her father-in-law headed an armed movement against the state but she served the Manipur police as an excellent officer on a crusade against drugs. She left the police force after a fallout with Chief Minister N Biren Singh, who she accused of helping a drug lord. Now, she is contesting against BJP's incumbent MLA and current Manipur law minister Thokchom Satyabrata Singh on a JD(U) ticket.
43-year-old Brinda Thounaojam has a fan following among the youth. A decorated officer, she became famous after a high-profile case where she seized drugs worth over Rs 27 crore in 2018. She led the operation of the anti-narcotics unit of the Manipur police where she was the deputy chief.
The Biren Singh government conferred a gallantry award on her the same year.
The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance clinched a historic victory in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections, winning 235 out of 288 seats.
Varanasi: Half a dozen men rained punches and blows on the cop as his wife and children waited inside the car, horrified.
The BJP has managed a successful course correction in Maharashtra, where just a few months ago, it has slid massively in the Lok Sabha polls.
The NCP (SP) candidates who defeated their NCP rivals included Jitendra Awhad who defeated Najeeb Mulla in Mumbra Kalwa.
Jan Suraaj candidates failed to make a significant impact, finishing third in three constituencies and one in the fourth position.
Police arrested Deepak Max, 20, caught after an encounter by Crime Branch, while Krish Gupta, 18, by local police from the same area.
The prime minister said the Maharashtra election also shows that only one Constitution will work in India and that was given to the people of the country by B R Ambedkar.
The Prime Minister said the Congress' outsized interest in its own welfare is a "threat to democracy".
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