Congress announced the names of its candidates for the forthcoming bypolls to five legislative Assemblies in Manipur

  • | Sunday | 18th October, 2020

Congress had announced the names of its candidates for the forthcoming bypolls to five legislative Assemblies in Manipur. Assembly bypoll is scheduled to be held on November 7.

Congress had announced the names of its candidates for the forthcoming bypolls to five legislative Assemblies in Manipur. Assembly bypoll is scheduled to be held on November 7.

The candidates include former minister Moirangthem Hemanta Singh for Wangjing-Tentha, former MLA Salam Joy Singh for Wangoi, Md Azziul Haque Khan for Lilong and Lamtinthang Haokip for Saitu (ST) constituency.

However, the party is yet to announce its candidate for Singhat (ST) constituency.

The bypolls for five seats – Wangoi, Wangjing-Tentha, Lilong, Saitu (ST) and Singhat (ST) in Manipur were necessitated after the sitting MLAs resigned as members of the Manipur Legislative Assembly in August.

Currently, 13 Assembly constituencies are lying vacant in the 60-member Manipur Legislative Assembly after the resignation and disqualification of MLAs.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) recently announced the names of 4 candidates for the upcoming Manipur bypolls. They are – Oinam Lukhoi Singh for Wangoi, Paonam Brojen for Wangjing-Tentha, Ngamthang Haokip for Saitu (ST) and Ginsuanhau Zou for Singhat (ST) Assembly constituency.

The last date for filing nominations is October 20 and the last date of withdrawal of candidature is October 23. Dates set aside for counting and completion of the election process, are November 10 and 12 respectively.


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