IMPHAL, September 27: All India Trinamool Congress general secretary Mukul Roy has given Manipur Pradesh Trinamool Congress Committee president Th Shyamkumar the authority to sign the proforma-B for the party during the Hiyanglam by-poll.
The general secretary has said in a statement that a letter to written to the Chief Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India to notify that the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) is a State recognised political party in the States of Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and West Bengal.
It further mentioned that MPTCC president Th Shyamkumar has been given the authority to sign the prescribed Proforma-B in the State of Manipur, while he will himself sign the Performa A.
Anyone else signing the Proformas will be deemed illegal and such signatories liable to be punished, it said.
Meanwhile, the MPTCC president has constituted an election campaign committee for the by-poll with MLA Dr I Ibohalbi heading the committee and vice president Moirangthem Thoiba and vice president cum in-charge publicity MI Khan as co-convenors.