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IMPHAL: Senior Manipur unit BJP spokesperson and renowned environmentalist RK Ranjan will, for the second time, contest from the Inner Manipur Parliamentary constituency in the coming Lok Sabha polls. We are confident of winning both the seats," Manipur unit BJP general secretary N Nimbus Singh told TOI. There is an understanding that NPP will support BJP candidate in the Inner constituency. The saffron party has also given a ticket to Kuki leader and the party's vice-president Benjamin Mate for the Outer Manipur seat in the hill districts.Ranjan, who is the former registrar of the centre-run Manipur University, had finished third in the last Lok Sabha polls. "We will do our best to open our account for the party in the state in the coming polls..