Dhanabir gets BJP nod
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 20 2014 :
Maibam Dhanabir, son of late ex-MLA Maibam Kunjo has been given the BJP ticket to contest the by-election to Hiyanglam Assembly Constituency.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened a meeting of BJP Parliamentary Board and Central Election Committee at New Delhi today and gave his consent to give the party ticket to Dhanabir.
BJP State unit president Th Chaoba, secretary (administration) M Ashinikumar and secretary (organisation) P Premananda were also present at the meeting.
On the other hand, Congress is most likely to field E Dwijamani as their candidate in the by-election.
MPCC ticket committee held a meeting with Chief Minister O Ibobi today at Congress Bhavan.
The meeting decided to recommend the name of E Dwijamani to the All India Congress Committee.
Notably, former MLA E Dwijamani was the only person who applied for Congress ticket.
Meanwhile, the RO has issued due notification today for the by-election scheduled on October 17.Last date for filing nomination papers is September 27 .