Manipur: Lok Sabha MP and
Congress observer for Manipur Assembly elections Pradyut Bordoloi has claimed
that Congress would form the next government in the state.
On Tuesday, Bordoloi who is on three days visit to Manipur arrived in the state to check about the preparedness of his party for the Assembly elections scheduled to be held next year.
"We had lost the last Assembly elections in Manipur narrowly. But this time we are confident of forming government," Pradyut Bordoloi said.
Sources from the party said that he will hold meeting starting from party workers to senior Congress leaders in the state.
The chief electoral officer of Manipur recently had announced that Assembly elections in the state are likely to take place in the first half of 2022.
Earlier, In the latest saga of turnout politicians defecting from their party to join the ruling saffron party, eight prominent Manipur Congress politicians have resigned ahead of the Manipur Assembly Elections. The eight Manipuri leaders are most likely to take membership of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as per intel from varied sources. Furthermore, Govindas Konthoujam, the president of the State Congress, has also resigned. In December 2020, he was named chief of the Manipur unit.
"Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Govindas Konthoujam has resigned from his post. At least 8 Congress MLAs will join the BJP today: Sources," tweeted ANI. Of late, there has been a wave of opposition party leaders defecting to the party in power - the Bharatiya Janata Party. Reacting to the recent trend amongst politicians quitting Congress to join the BJP, Congress President Rahul Gandhi termed those leaders to defected to the BJP as 'scared politicians.' The third generation dynast heading the Grand Old Party of India was of the opinion that Congress Party is only open to brave politicians.
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