The NPP is giving tough competition to BJP in the Manipur election

New Delhi: Manipur may be described as a state in which the governing coalition partners are set against one another. The government's National People's Party (NPP) is contesting 70% of the seats in the state this time, while the BJP, the alliance's primary element, is fighting all 60 seats. Yumnam Joy Kumar Singh, the NPP's Deputy Chief Minister, has said at election rallies that the BJP leads the coalition government, which includes Singh.

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As a result, although the chief minister of one state campaigning in another may not seem like a good idea, the situation of the Ministry's Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma, is rather exceptional. The Meghalaya Chief Minister is in Manipur for a four-day campaign against the BJP-led coalition. This includes his NPP party. In Manipur, the NPP ran only on nine seats in 2017, winning four of them.

The party had the highest striking rate of any party and thus emerged as the kingmaker. The BJP would not have been able to create a coalition government without the cooperation of the NPP. This time, the NPP is fielding candidates for 42 seats in the 60-seat legislature, about five times more than last time. Nineteen of them are BJP leaders who defected after being refused seats. The BJP storm does not seem to have subsided with the announcement of the list of candidates. For the last week, Chief Minister and BJP leader N Biren Singh have been working hard to persuade the dissidents.

According to party sources, the BJP is facing major dissatisfaction in 16 seats. At least ten former Congress politicians are among the BJP's 16 MLAs in Manipur. So, when Biren Singh returned to the election campaign after a week's break, he pounced on the Congress. His one-week absence is exceptional in light of The State's three-week polling period. After submitting his candidacy, he launched his election campaign from the Khurai constituency, claiming that all promises made by Congress campaigners are fiction. The BJP will almost certainly make a return. The chief minister remarked of the Congress platform, "The manifesto should be realistic, but their manifesto is propaganda." Our manifesto will be useful. It is simple to implement; otherwise, they are just cheating. Meanwhile, Congress has left no stone uncovered in its blistering criticism of the administration.

Manipur Congress in-charge Bhakta Charan Das claimed that despite 12 MLAs being dismissed on grounds of profiting from office, they abused power and continued in government for five years.

Biren Singh, 61, has spent most of the last week out of the public eye. His battle has not been limited to Congress. The BJP declared its candidates for all 60 Manipur seats last week, sparking enormous demonstrations by supporters of those seeking to earn tickets, causing a problem for the party. Several leaders, including three current MLAs, have shifted their allegiances. Political observers say Sangma is working hard to boost his party's performance in Manipur. According to Manipur BJP vice-president Chidanand Singh, the NPP aspires to be Manipur's alternative to the BJP.