IMPHAL, Aug 31 NNN : Hectic but discreet poll lobbies are underway in Manipur hills among aspiring candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
However, it is not clear as yet which candidate is lobbying for what party ticket in many cases.
It has been confirmed today that Naga Peoples Front (NPF) and Congress party will field their respective candidates in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections for the Outer Manipur seat.
NPF, Manipur State unit secretary Athuan Abonmai informed NNN that the party will definitely field its own candidate for the Manipur Outer Parliamentary seat (hill districts). when asked whether the NPF had finalised the name of its candidate, Athuan replied in negative.
Sources said BJP will also field its own candidate for the Outer Parliamentary seat. However, officially it has not been confirmed from the party.
Separate sources said former Lok Sabha MP Mani Charenamei, former minister C Doungel, ex-MP Kim Gangte, former Lok Sabha poll candidate Loli Adani, former minister Prof Gangmumei Kamei and sitting Congress MP Thangso Baite are likely to vie for the Manipur Outer Parliamentary seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
There are two Lok Sabha seats in Manipur—Outer (reserved) and Inner (general).
Meanwhile, Mani Charenamei when contacted by NNN today, said he did not like to talk in public at the moment on the matter regarding his move.
In the case of Loli Adani, he had informed NNN sometime ago that he would take little more time to decide.
As reported sometimes back in local dailies, former MP Kim Gangte will contest from the Trinamool Congress ticket while C Doungel will fight the poll from the NCP ticket.
Reports said there are a handful of aspiring candidates lobbying for Congress party tickets in New Delhi presently. These aspiring candidates when contacted by Newmai News Network requested not to mention their names at this juncture.
Prof Gangmumei Kamei is reportedly lobbying for a BJP ticket. Attempts made to contact the former minister proved futile.
Meanwhile, a young and dynamic social activist informed NNN this evening that he will fight the forthcoming Lok Sabha poll with issues confronting the hill districts of Manipur as his vote plank. “I’m lobbying for a national party ticket. Even if I do fail to get the ticket I will fight the forthcoming Lok Sabha poll as an Independent candidate,” said the aspiring candidate who is also a student leader at the moment.
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