NPF to name candidate soon
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Dimapur, March 04 2014 :
The Naga People's Front (NPF) will de-clare the name of its candidate for Manipur Outer Parliamen-tary constituency this week, mostly probably on Friday.
Well placed sources in the NPF circle informed NNN that the party will announce the name of its candidate this week as the 'search committee' has 'almost done its job' .
There are three aspiring candidates lobbying for the NPF ticket to contest in the Manipur Outer parliamentary seat in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election.
There are four NPF legislators in Manipur and the party has great expectation in the Outer seat of Manipur, the sources stated.
On March 3, the Manipur State unit of NPF had a meeting with the central NPF lea- ders in Kohima and it had de-cided to declare the name of its candidate in the next few days, the sources stated.
With this development, the NPF will be contesting only in two seats in the Lok Sabha polls.
It had given up the idea of fielding its candidate in Arunachal Pradesh but had decided to support a regional party of that state.
The NPF has a big following in Chang-lang and Tirap districts.