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CM’s colleague, rival & nephew’s opponent
Esha Roy, Indian Express : Thu Jan 19 2012, 02:38 hrs | Imphal :
It’s a head-on collision between two of Manipur’s biggest political stalwarts. Chief Minister Ibobi Singh and his rival within the Congress, Y Erabot Singh, will battle it out, one by proxy and the other in person, in Wangkhei, the latter’s home seat in the heart of Imphal.
A dissident from the start, Erabot is commonly known as the only obstacle between Ibobi and chief ministership.
Erabot is one of the few Congress leaders who have ventured out for campaigning, defying militant threats. With four personal guards with SLR rifles, he walks from house to house in Wangkhei with 30-second stops. A quick handshake and he proceeds to the next house. “He doesn’t need to do more than this,’’ says a Congress worker.
“I am not scared of any of the militant groups. They have not threatened me personally, I have not received any calls, so I will not stop campaigning. They only have a problem with Ibobi," he says.
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