Spurned BJP intending candidate speaks out
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 24 2017:
Contending that internal rift and feud have become hallmarks of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the State, Khuraijam Loken who was preparing to contest the ensuing State Assembly election from Wangoi Assembly Constituency on BJP ticket said that various political parties have approached him to contest the election on their ticket after he failed to earn a slot in the first list of BJP candidates.
Addressing a political conference held at his Yumnam Huidrom Thiyam Leishangkhong residence yesterday, Loken said that he was not compelled to make the statement just because he failed to get the party ticket.
He said that he has no intention to hurl allegations at the BJP from where he started his political career.
There has been a feeling of discontent amongst the party's senior members as preference for allotting the party ticket for the election has been given to new candidates, he lamented.
Loken mentioned that he will join another political party and fight the coming election to continue serving the people of Wangoi Constituency at his best level.
He said that the people of Wangoi would not pardon the wrongdoings of BJP in allotment of ticket for the election.
It is the trust and support of the people which is important for any candidate in elections not party ticket, he asserted.
Mention may be made that after the annoucement of the first list of BJP candidates for the coming State Assembly election to be held in two phases on March 4 and 8, candidates whose names were not included in the first list and their supporters had stormed the party office at Nityaipat Chuthek in protest against the ticket allotment.