"Voters Don't Run After Money": Manipur's Youngest Leader With No Assets
NDTV
Manipur assembly elections 2022: "I am an unemployed graduate. I make a living for my family through private tuitions," Ningthoujam Popilal Singh, 26, said
On a door-to-door campaign is Ningthoujam Popilal Singh, 26, the youngest candidate contesting the Manipur assembly election in Sekmai constituency - the only Scheduled Caste reserved seat in Manipur.
Mr Singh, fighting on a Nationalist Congress Party, or NCP, ticket after being denied a Congress ticket, has zero assets according to the affidavit he submitted to the Election Commission. He is an odd one out in Manipur where in the first phase, 91 out of 173 candidates were crorepatis.
In Manipur, where it's almost like a pre-requisite to get a ticket that one has to be rich, Mr Singh is an exception.
He has a tough fight at hand in Sekmai, a place famous for its local alcoholic beverage. Apart from Mr Singh, seven other candidates are in the fray.
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