NPP announces 8 candidates
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 11 2017:
After a first list of 12 candidates was announced, National People's Party (NPP) announced its second list of candidates today.
The second list comprising of eight candidates includes former Minister Phungza-thang Tonsing.
He resigned from the primary membership of Congress and joined NPP after he had been already allotted Congress ticket.
He was also a former president of MPCC.
The other candidates announced today are Letza- mang Haokip (Henglep AC), Henlianthang Thanglet (Singhat AC), Ngursanglur Sanate (Tipaimukh AC), Habib Ali (Jiribam AC), Vivekraj Wangkhem (Kshetrigao AC) and Ng Robert (Singjamei AC) .
While announcing the second list of candidates, NPP president Conrad K Sangma declared that former DGP and the party's candidate in Uripok AC Y Joykumar has been appointed the party's spokesman.
Phungzathang Tonsing said that he quit Congress and joined NPP in accordance with the wishes of the people of Churachandpur AC.