No women, only one Muslim in BJP's 1st list
Source: The Sangai Express
Guwahati, January 23 2017:
The BJP on Monday released its first list, comprising names of 31 candidates, for the two-phase Manipur elections scheduled for March 4 and 8 .
Three former Manipur Congress Ministers, N Biren Singh, Yumkham Erabot Singh and Francis Ngajokpa; two former Congress MLAs Dr Kh Loken and Z Kikhonbou Newmai, and Congress leader Dr S Ranjan were among the candidates, whose names were announced on Monday.
Interestingly, there is no woman candidate in BJP's first list.
Also, it contained the name of just one Muslim, Md Anwar Hussain.
Muslims account for 6 % of Manipur's around 26 lakh population.
According to BJP sources, the names of the remaining 29 candidates will be announced on January 27 .
Nemcha, Valte to join BJP tomorrow : Former Congress MLAs Nemcha Kipgen and Vungzagin Valte and the party's vice president S Achouba, who resigned on Sunday, would join the BJP on Wednesday.
"They are joining BJP on January 25 at a programme in the presence of our leaders Ram Madhav and Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam Minister)," BJP spokesman N Biren told Express and added "The names of the remaining 29 candidates will be announced on January 27" .