PM congratulates Bhabananda
Source: The Sangai Express / IANS
Imphal, May 28 2017:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed happiness
and congratulated the Bharatiya Janata Party and its Manipur unit
president Khetrimayum Bhabananda for the State's lone Rajya
Sabha seat victory from Manipur.
"(I) was delighted at BJP winning its first ever Rajya
Sabha seat from Manipur by a big margin.
Congrats to
Manipur BJP and Bhabananda," Modi tweeted.
Bhabananda won the State's lone Rajya Sabha seat, the election for
which was held on Thursday.
In the 60 member Manipur Assembly, Bhabananda defeated
his rival Elangbam Dijwamani of the Opposition
Congress by a margin of 18 votes.
He secured 39 votes while
Dijwamani got 21 votes.