Chaoba attacks Cong for showing favouritism among assembly constituencies
IMPHAL, September 28: In a scathing attack directed at the ruling party Congress, the Manipur State unit of the BJP today said the party no longer enjoys the people`™s mandate.
Election campaign in poll bound 38-Hiyanglam Assembly Constituency is slowly but steadily gaining momentum. With the filing of nominations for candidates already closed, six candidates are in the fray for the lone seat.
By-poll to the constituency was necessitated by the demise of sitting MLA Maibam Kunjo earlier in August this year. The BJP is fielding ex-MLA Maibam Kunjo`™s son M Dhanabir as its candidate.
The Congress will not be able to stand for long, said BJP Manipur Pradesh president Th Chaoba today. He was addressing an election campaign for the party candidate M Dhanabir at Thonjao Makha Community Hall.
He said the Congress will not be able to stay for long in the State too. The BJP will uproot Congress from the entire country, he declared.
Continuing to run down the Congress, Chaoba charged that the Congress party`™s popularity is discriminating among the constituencies in the State.
The government is showing favouritism to Thoubal and Khangabok, he charged before adding that the two assembly constituencies have been getting bigger shares in job appointments. Developmental works have also been neglected in the other constituencies he continued.
Choaba lamented that during a 15-year long rule, Ibobi has failed to do a single deed for the welfare of the land. The Manipur government is today notorious for its misrule, Chaoba attacked the Congress government. The BJP thinks of the people`™s welfare and is against corruption, he said before appealing to the people not to exchange their votes for money.
He urged the people to teach a lesson to the parties that try to buy their votes. Don`™t waste your franchise for some money, he said.
Minutely discuss your representatives, otherwise there will be no good, Chaoba told the people attending the campaign.
The coming by-poll is important for the party as it will be facing the remaining other parties.
Establishing industries to provide employment, provision of potable water and proper health care are all in the agenda of the party for the coming by-poll, Chaoba said before expressing confidence of the party`™s win in by-poll.
Vice president of the party`™s State unit, Thokchom Jadumani who is also in charge of the minority morcha of the party said the long rule of the Congress has ended and it is time for the BJP. The public have restored their faith in the BJP, he observed.
BJP, Manipur State spokesperson Sarda Devi said the present Congress government has today become a government without a vision.
Today`™s campaign was also attended by BJP Manipur Pradesh co-convenor RK Ranjan.