BJP, Congress name star campaigners
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 30 2024:
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Indian National Congress (INC) have released lists of star campaigners for Manipur which will go to polls (Lok Sabha election) in two phases on April 19 and April 26.Both BJP and the Congress named 40 star campaigners each.
For BJP and its allied partners, the star campaigners include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, party National president JP Nadda, Chief Minister N Biren Singh, Cabinet Ministers Th Biswajit, Y Khemchand, Govindas Konthoujam, Dr Sapam Ranjan, Th Basanta Kumar, L Susindro Meitei and HAC Chairman Dinganglung Gangmei (Dipu Gangmei), among others.
No Kuki representatives are included in the list of star campaigners for the saffron party.
It may be mentioned that BJP will contest the Lok Sabha election only in Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency as they have decided to support the NPF candidate in the Outer seat.
The star campaigners for the Congress, on the other hand, include AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, AICC leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh, Shashi Tharoor and all the Congress MLAs of Manipur, among others.
Some Kuki leaders such as former Ministers TN Haokip, T Manga Vaiphei, former MP Thangso Baite and Lamtinthang Haokip have also been named as the star campaigners for the grand old party which has fielded Professor Bimol Akoijam in Inner seat and Alfred K Arthur
in Outer.