MPTCC fields Dr Radheshyam officially
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 22 2014:
A day after All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) recommended Dr Yumnam Radheshyam as the candidate of the party to contest in the ensuing By-election of Hiyanglam Assembly Constituency to he held on October 17, Th Shyamkumar, president of Manipur Pradesh Trinamool Congress Committee (MPTCC) today officially announced that Dr Radheshyam will contest in the ensuing election and exuded confidence that he would win the election by a bigger margin.
Addressing a press meet at its office located at Moirangkhom, Th Shyamkumar said that president of AITC, Mamta Bannerjee has already given approval to the candidature of Dr Radheshyam and informed that party's form required for contesting in the election has been handed over to the candidate.
Conceding that Dr Radheshyam had contested in the last assembly election in Hiyanglam Constituency as the candidate for Communist Party of India who got defeated in the hand of nearest candidate late MLA Maibam Kunjo by a meager margin of 85 votes, he added that campaign for the by-election started from today.