Sosa Lorho is NPF candidate
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Dimapur, March 09 2014:
Soso Lorho is the Naga People's Front (NPF) candidate for the Outer Parliamentary Constituency of Manipur.
However, till the time of filing this report, the NPF is yet to officially announce his name.
"We will declare it officially later this evening in Kohima," Nagaland Minister for Planning TR Zeliang informed Newmai News Network this evening.
TR Zeliang is the convenor of the 'Search Committee' of the party.
He disclosed that Soso Lorho has been the consensus candidate of the NPF for the Manipur Outer seat.
Soso Lorho is the president of NPF, Manipur State.
He was an 'Acting Chief Minister' and minister on several occasions in the Manipur Government several years ago.
In those days 'Acting Chief Minister' was meant to term present day deputy chief minister.
He had contested in the Lok Sabha polls in 1978 from the Congress (I) ticket.
He became cabinet minister in the Manipur Government from 1980.He hails from Senapati district of Manipur.