Congress stakes claim to form govt in Manipur

Imphal | Saturday | 19th May, 2018

Summary:

In Nagaland, former CM TR Zeliang, in a tweet, said his Nagaland People's Front (NPF), too, will make a similar move. Here, BJP and Neiphiu Rio's Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) had formed a pre-poll alliance and fought the election together. The alliance had together won 30 seats (NDPP 18 and BJP 12), which is just one short of majority, in the 60-member house. "Compared to Karnataka, the situation in Nagaland is different. NPF had won 26 seats in the assembly election earlier this year.Ibobi, who ruled Manipur for three consecutive terms, alleged that the BJP-led government in the state should be dismissed imediately as it was sworn in 'illegally' before the 11th Manipur assembly was constituted..