Hiyanglam by-poll:: Dr Y Radheshyam to contest on TMC ticket
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 21 2014:
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) has recommended the name of Dr..YRadheshyam as its candidate in the ensuing By-election of Hiyanglam Assembly Constituency to be held on October 17 .
This was disclosed by M.I Khan, Vice President of Manipur Pradesh Trinamool Congress Committee (MPTCC) during a press meet held at the office of MPTCC at Moirangkhom here today.
President of MCTCC Th.Shyamkumar has also accepted the joining of Dr.Radheshyam, who had been a member of BJP Manipur and had resigned from the Party recently, into the Manipur Pradesh Trinamool Congress Committee, informed MI Khan.
Following the application of Dr.Radheshyam to seek party ticket for the By-poll of Hiyanglam Assembly Constituency, the MPTCC has resolved to field him as the party's candidate after thorough consideration, said vice-president MI Khan.
As President Th.Shyamkumar arrived at Kolkata yesterday, he will submit documents to Party Chief Mamata Banerjee regarding the candidature of Dr.Radheshyam, he stated while pointing out that the name of candidate will be officially announced when the state Party President returns to Imphal.
Dr..YRadheshyam, who had contested the last assembly election in Hiyanglam assembly constituency as a candidate for Communist Party of India (CPI), got the defeat by a meager margin of only 85 votes, Khan recalled, while swearing that the party would win in the by-poll.
It may be mentioned here that Radheshyam recently resigned from BJP following denial of the BJP Ticket for the by-poll.