Manipur Assembly elections: NPF decides to contest in 15 seats, Manipur Assembly elections 2017
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NPF Manipur unit has decided to contest in 15 Assembly Constituencies for the forthcoming 2017 Manipur Assembly elections, informed NPF media in a statement on Tuesday.
For this, 37 intending candidates have applied for ticket including eight in 41 Chandel A/C.In this regard, a consultative meeting with all intending candidates who have applied for NPF ticket to contest the ensuing Manipur state general election was held at the NPF Central office Kohima, under the chairmanship of the NPF president Dr Shrhozelie Liezetzsu.
The meeting was also attended by chief Minister TR Zeliang and Minister of School Education and in-charge of NPF Manipur State unit, Yitachu.
At the meeting party president Dr Shurhozelie informed that the candidatures in six A/C have been cleared and efforts were on to finalize the remaining without delay.
He further informed that the announcement and distribution of tickets would be done simultaneously.
Dr Shrhozelie, TR Zeliang and Yitachu also explained on the difficult position of the party, making it clear that ticket will be given to only one candidate and appealed to all aspiring candidates to abide by their commitments (to abide by the rules and regulation of the party constitution) and work in support of the NPF candidate whoever gets the ticket, the statement stated.
Earlier, NPF Manipur state unit president, Awangbow introduced all the NPF ticket seekers to the gathering.