Manipur Congress identifies two Lok Sabha candidates
The Hindu
Manipur Congress announces Lok Sabha candidates for Inner and Outer Manipur constituencies; election scheduled for April 19 and 26.
GUWAHATI
The Manipur unit of the Congress on Friday identified the party’s candidates for the two Lok Sabha constituencies in the State.
Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee president K. Meghachandra told journalists in the State’s capital Imphal that Professor Angomcha Bimol Akoijam and former MLA Alfred Kanngam Arthur would be nominated from the Inner Manipur and Outer Manipur constituencies.
Former Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and other senior party leaders were present at the briefing.
“We have received information from our party headquarters about the two candidates,” Mr. Meghachandra said.
Professor Akoijam, from the Imphal Valley, teaches at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, while Mr. Arthur, based in the hill district of Ukhrul, has already hit the campaign trail.
The latter will face Timothy Zimik of the Nagaland-born Naga People’s Front (NPF), an ally of the BJP in Manipur, in Outer Manipur. The constituency is currently held by the NPF’s Lorho S. Pfoze.
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