BJP likely to name candidates today
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 17 2024:
The election committee of BJP State unit is likely to announce its candidate for Inner and Outer Manipur Parliamentary Constituencies tomorrow.
According sources, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Dr RK Ranjan and Chief Minister N Biren Singh are at the forefront of the BJP ticket for Inner Parliamentary Constituency.
On being contacted, some leaders of the BJP State unit informed The Sangai Express that the election committee will surely announce the names of the candidates tomorrow.
They added that four intending candidates are vying for the BJP ticket to contest the election in Outer Parliamentary seat and the central election committee has already chosen the person who will be given the ticket.
For Inner seat, Dr RK Ranjan, Chief Minister N Biren Singh, Rajya Sabha MP Leisemba Sanajaoba and BJP State unit president A Sarda Devi are in the race, they added.
Another source said that Union Minister of State Dr RK Ranjan will surely get the BJP ticket while a report by News 18 also named retired Lieutenant General Dr K Himalay as one of the probable candidates.
Meanwhile, sources said that the Congress may field JNU Associate Professor Dr Bimol Akoijam in the Inner seat.