Kh Ratankumar joins Apna Dal (S)
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 28 2022:
Intending candidate from Khu-rai assembly constituency Khuraijam Ratankumar, who resigned from the Congress after the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) announced not to field it candidate but support CPI in Khurai AC on Thursday, has joined Apna Dal (Sonelal) on Friday to contest the upcoming 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly Election.Following the resignation of Kh Ratankumar from Congress party, a meeting was held at his Kangla Sangomsang residence on Friday.
Attended by his supporters, the meeting resolved that he should join Apna Dal (S) for contesting the upcoming election.Speaking to TPC through phone, Kh Ratankumar recounted that for the past many years he has been working to make the Congress party stronger in Khurai AC with the intention of contesting the election.
However, after the sudden declaration of the MPCC of not fielding any candidate in the AC, he was compelled by his workers and sup-porters to take a decision on joining Apna Dal (S) so as to contest the election from Khurai AC, he conveyed.
Ratankumar continued that his joining has been approved by Apna Dal (S) Manipur State president Konthoujam Manoranjan, who is presently in Bihar.
As such a formal induction and reception programme would be organised by the Apna Dal on return of the state president to Imphal, he said.