No official list yet
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 20 2017:
Even though the first list of candidates finalised by the BJP Central Election Committee who would fight the 11 th Manipur Legislative Assembly election has been published in the media, the party is yet to make an official announcement on the matter.
A meeting of the BJP Central Election Committee was held yesterday at Deli: with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and parry presides: Amit Shah, and the meeting finalised the names of over 30 BJP candidates .
Sources informed that the BJP Central leadership have been keeping the list of finalised candidates unannounced as it requires certain modifications.
It is reported that some Congress Ministers and MLAs too have been lobbying for BJP tickets without the knowledge of their Central and State leaders.
But the sources refused to divulge the names and other details of the Congress Ministers and MLAs.