Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 17 2010:
Coming down heavily on the ruling Congress, BJP Manipur Pradesh today said that the ruling party, by using money and muscle power, is threatening intending candidates not to contest election as official nominee of other political parties in the upcoming civic bodies' poll.
Briefing to media persons today at BJP office, it general secretary Th Shyamo said that Congressmen invested a huge amount to convince individuals who wanted to contest the election as nominee of other political parties so as to contest as independence candidate.
They used guns and muscle powers if they could not convince them, he charged.
These acts of congress are against democracy and this indicated that the elections to the Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats will not be a fair and smooth one.
It a hidden agenda of the Congress to suppress other political parties, he said.
Party president, Sh Shantikumar who also spoke to the media alleged that such kinds of strategies to defeat candidates of other political parties have been in practice by the Congress in almost all the elections in the pass.
In the elections to the Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) also by doing such uncivilized acts, Congress secured majority in almost all the seats.
Being the ADC election in the hill districts as an instance, Congress is planning to sweep the civil bodies' poll too, the president alleged.
It is worth mentioning that the elections to Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats are scheduled to hold on January 3, 2011.State election commission has issued a notification for the elections.