LS Polls: 7 candidates to vie for Outer seat
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN

Imphal, January 19 2014 : As many as 7 candidates are likely to contest from Manipur Outer Parliamentary in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election.

There are two Lok Sabha seats in Manipur-one, for the reserved category (Outer) and the other (Inner seat) for the general category.

Political parties such as Congress, BJP, Naga Peoples Front (NPF), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Trinamool Congress will field their respective candidate in the Outer Parliamentary constituency.

A couple of Independent candidates will also be in the fray, as confirmed by this news agency.

They informed Newmai News Network that they will be contesting the election as Independent candidates and they are meeting tribal leaders and tribal organisations as part of their poll campaign.

Regarding Congress party, of the eight applicants for the party tickets, three of them are concertedly lobbying in New Delhi with the AICC leaders.

These three intending candidates have no political backing from the Congress leaders in Manipur.

These three young candidates have good rapport with the Congress young turks and are hopeful of winning the heart of the Congress 'high command' .

Regarding NPF, the party's 'search committee' has almost completed its job and in the next few days things will be clear.

"Yes, we will be naming soon," said an NPF leader regarding the party's candidature.

BJP has finalised Prof Gangmumei as its candidates, former MP Kim Gangte for Trinamool Congress while for Aam Aadmi Party, it is speculated that All India Tribal Students Association (AITSA) chief K Zou may be fielded for the Outer seat.

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