New State unit BJP president soon ?
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 13 2015:
BJP Central leadership is likely to appoint a new BJP Manipur Pradesh president from amongst the existing senior leaders who is both popular and capable of fighting the Manipur Assembly election success-fully in the next couple of days.
Whether incumbent president Th Chaoba would be removed from his post or he would be allowed to hold the post until the local body election is over would be decided by the Central leadership only after arrival of Central election observers in the State, informed a source.
Meanwhile, Th Chaoba has been lobbying with the Central leaders to extend his tenure as BJP Manipur Pradesh president for sometime citing the forthcoming local body election and the empathic victory won by BJP in the recent by-elections under his leadership.
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Until and unless Central election observers arrive here, it would be difficult to say when the party's election would be held.
At the same time, it is still not clear when the party's Central leadership will send election observers to the State as Parliament session is underway presently.
Nonetheless, polling for election of a new president may be held any time as desired by the Central leadership as the internal election is not related with the election to Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats, said some key leaders of the party.
Former president M Bhorot, Sh Shantikumar, Dr Haobam Borbabu and Prof S Tiken are among the frontrunners for the post of BJP Manipur Pradesh president.
One amongst the four whose performance is commendable and who can fight the next Manipur Legislative Assembly election successfully may be appointed the next party president without going to polls, they added.