Congress leading in both seats in Manipur
Hindustan TimesNew Delhi: Even as the counting of votes is underway, the Congress party is leading in both seats of Manipur. In Inner Manipur, Indian National Congress candidate Bimol Akoijam was leading against the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate T Basanta Kumar Singh by 78,947 votes, as per the latest data on the Election Commission of India website. Congress’ Alfred Kanngum Arthur was leading by 52,846 votes against the NPF’s Kachui Tomothy Zimik in the Outer Manipur seat. BJP candidate Singh was the state education minister and a former police officer, while Zimik is a retired Internal Revenue Service officer. There were no star campaigners and feasts in the evenings for party workers, a standard feature of election campaigns across, after an advisory by the Meitei radical group Arambai Tenggol directed political parties to keep election campaigning low-key this year.