The Congress romped back to power in Manipur for the third consecutive time with a clear majority, helped by a fragmented opposition.
The Congress on Tuesday secured absolute majority in the Manipur Assembly elections. In the 60-member House, the party secured 42 seats. This will be for the third consecutive time the party will come to power. In 2007, it secured 30 seats and in 2002 20.
The Trinamool Congress, which contested 47 seats, won 7 seats. The Manipur State Congress Party secured 5 seats and Nagaland-based Naga People's Front got 4. The LJP and the NCP won one seat each.
The Manipur People's Party, which had five MLAs, and the CPI, which had four MLAs, failed to retain even a single seat.
The BJP could not win a single seat this time too.
New faces
There are 25 new faces this time, including three women.
Ministers P. Parijat, D.D. Thaisii, Alimuddin Khan, L. Jayentakumar and chairman of the Manipur Planning Board Bijoy Koijam were defeated.
Chief Minister O. Ibobi Singh has submitted his resignation. His re-election as the next CLP leader is merely a question of formality. But there are moves to wrest the leadership with the support of the MLAs who were not inducted in the Council of Ministers in the past.
Recalling earlier press release of CorCom(Co-ordinating Committee:a group formed by association of various underground groups in Manipur in the pre-poll period),is the group going to keep on attacking Congress candidates,Congress workers and Congress offices in the same way that it had perpetrated in the pre-poll period? 42 is a big number to carry out their bomb attacks. And I don't think they have enough financial resource to keep their words. Given the hostility between the Congress and the CorCom that existed before the poll, the landslide win of Congress may be a big blow to the existing proscribed insurgent groups of Manipur in a way that has never happened before.
A win ,fine ,but ,winning in Manipur is just because no other party has
a good grassroots level network.Pity!!!people:(
Today is the saddest day of Manipur. I hang my head in shame. This was a golden chance to bring a change. People forgot all the hardships they have faced in the past 10 years under Ibobi and INC. So now that they have voted for these thugs again, they should not complain when he goes for an international tour again leaving Manipur in fire.
It clearly show that congress is all set for the third consecuitive term in Manipur. But it is not easy to predict O. Ibobi will the next CM of Manipur. Because, there are more candidate in the Congress elected members such as Y. Irabot, senior member of MPCC and Gaikhangam, president MPCC.
there will be a hung assembly in Manipur. Congress could not get the required number to form the government.Although congress will be the single largest party in the state. Around 23 sest will book in the name of congress.
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