Professor Bimol Akoijam, who is the Congress candidate for the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat, mentioned the upcoming parliamentary elections will maintain quite a lot of significance for Manipur, which has been engulfed in sporadic ethnic violence since Might final yr.
Akoijam, a Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNU) professor, is more likely to file his nomination paper on Monday and start his election marketing campaign.
He was nominated because the Congress candidate for Internal Manipur Lok Sabha constituency on Saturday. He was chosen after 10 political events that comprise the INDIA bloc in Manipur unanimously agreed to his candidature throughout a gathering.
Talking to the media, Akoijam mentioned, “This election isn’t just an election. It is going to be a turning level for Manipur. If the vote is given below the affect of cash energy, will probably be very arduous to realize a peaceable Manipur.”
He accused the BJP authorities in Manipur of not taking any steps to quell the ethnic violence, which has claimed over 180 lives to date.
Akoijam mentioned numerous ideas for stopping the clashes had been raised and asserted that the state authorities “didn’t take discover” of them.
“With the hope of bringing a brand new political tradition to Manipur, I’ve determined to change into a candidate within the election,” he mentioned.
“After contemplating the ideology of the Congress, I’ve accepted to contest as a Congress candidate within the 18th Lok Sabha election from Internal Manipur Lok Sabha constituency,” he added.
In the meantime, the Manipur Congress welcomed Akoijam and Alfred Ok Arthur, one other Congress candidate who’s contesting the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha seat, at Congress Bhawan in Imphal.
However, the BJP has introduced its support for Naga People’s Front (NPF) candidate Kachui Timothy Zimik for the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha seat.
In the meantime, Maheshwar Thounaojam has introduced he shall be contesting the Internal Manipur Lok Sabha seat on a Republican Get together of India (Athwale) seat. The RPI (A) is an ally of the BJP-led NDA.
Elections in Manipur will be conducted in two phases, with the Internal Manipur seat going to polls on April 19, together with at the least 15 meeting segments of Outer Manipur. 13 meeting segments of Outer Manipur will go to polls on April 26.
