IMPHAL: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to field Manipur education minister Thounaojam Basantakumar Singh as a candidate for the Inner Manipur parliamentary constituency for Lok Sabha elections, scheduled to go to polls on April 19.
Thounaojam Basantakumar Singh, a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and the son of former union minister Th Chaoba Singh, currently is an MLA from the Nambol assembly constituency in Imphal West district of Manipur.
In the forthcoming battle for the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat, Thounaojam Basantakumar is set to engage in a multi-cornered contest.
His opponents include Congress candidate Dr Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, a professor at the JNU in New Delhi, Maheshwar Thounaojam, general secretary of the Republican Party of India (Athawale), and Rajkumar Somorendro, also known as Kaiku, representing the Manipur People’s Party (MPP).
The election commission of India (ECI) has set March 27 as the deadline for the filing of nominations, marking a crucial phase in the electoral process.