Intending candidates reach out to voters
Source: Chronicle News Service
Senapati/Ccpur, January 28 2022:
A blessing programme for 49-Tadubi assembly constituency intending candidate Robert T Maram was held at Taphou Naga Community Hall, Maram on Friday.
Attended by delegates coming from Taphou areas
and neighbouring villages,
village headman of Taphou
Pudunamei village stated
that Robert Maram has been
working actively with Naga
People's Front (NPF) since
inception of the party in Manipur
in 2011.He is also presently
serving as the working
president of the party.
Robert started as a student
leader since his youth and had
held different posts in various
students unions like Maram
Students' Union (MKS), Senapati
District Students' Association
(SDSA), All Naga Students'
Association, Manipur
(ANSAM) and Naga Students'
Federation (NSF).
He had also
held different posts in other
social organisations including
Senapati District Olympic Association,
Manipur (SDOAM),
Taphou Area Youth & Students'
Organisation (TAYSO),
Tahamzam Youth & Students'
Association, Senapati District
Sports Association, Manipur
and Indigenous Democratic
Front (IDF).
Coming to political arena,
Robert had served as the
president of Youth Wing, NPF
Manipur unit from 2011 to
2015, president of NPF Tadubi
Unit in 2015, general secretary
of NPF MSU from 2015-17
and working president of NPF
MSU from 2017 till date.
Speaking on the occasion,
Robert expressed that serving
people is one of his greatest
joys of life since childhood
and has been praying to serve
others in any possible way.
The intending candidate
stated that there are many
elected representatives who
had misused their status for
personal gain and vested interests.
However, he shared
that jealousy or pride is never
his thing and his intention is
clear to serve people irrespective
of caste, creed or tribe.
Robert also stated that he
welcomes suggestions of all
for betterment of the society
and would open doors for all
to come and discuss whatever
is necessary.
Robert further assured
that the Indo-Naga political
problem which is considered
to be the "mother of
all issues" in Naga inhabited
areas, when settled, people
of the region could also live
like other areas.
The blessing programme
was led Taphou Naga Baptist
Church pastor Rev Dr K
Daniel, church leaders and
society elders who gave special
prayer for the intending
candidate and his family at
the later part of the programme.
In Churachandpur district,
Khaipao Haokip, who is the
BJP's intending candidate
for Saikot AC in the ensuing
election, held an interaction
programme with chiefs of
villages falling under Saikot
assembly constituency on
Friday.
During the interaction
programme held at New
Boljang community hall,
village chiefs shared their
views on the need to develop
Saikot assembly segment
in all spheres of life.
Some
village chiefs pointed out
that it is not the party but
individual which matters for
bringing development in the
constituency and people's
votes are counted in election.
During the programme,
Khaipao Haokip said that
he will campaign as Khaipao
and not the ticket seeker as
getting elected does matter
with party.
He then urged
the gathering not to be too
much preoccupied with getting
or not getting the party
ticket.
He also recalled how
he became MDC in the past
and caretaker ADC Churachandpur
chairman and
district BJP president.