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IMPHAL: Congress president Rahul Gandhi arrived here on Tuesday to campaign for his party for the coming Lok Sabha election.Rahul, who landed at the Imphal airport at 4.45 pm, was received by CLP leader and former chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh, Manipur PCC president Gaikhangam and other party leaders. Later, he headed to the Hotel Imphal where he will spend the night.At present, the two parliamentary seats in Manipur - Inner Manipur and Outer Manipur - are with Congress. There are seven ticket-seekers for the Outer Manipur seat. Setting aside BJP's claim to win over 300 seats in LS polls, Gaikhangam said the saffron party would not get even 200 seats. Altogether nine people, including current MP T Meinya Singh, are seeking party tickets to contest polls from the in Inner Manipur constituency..