JP Nadda to Blow Poll Bugle in Manipur During 2-day Trip, Will Meet Core BJP Group to Plan Strategy for 2022

BJP national president JP Nadda is all set to blow the poll bugle in Manipur ahead of assembly elections in the state next year. Nadda will be in Manipur on October 9 and 10 — his first visit to the state after taking charge as the party president. He will be accompanied by BJP general secretory BL Santhosh.

BJP in-charge of Manipur, Sambit Patra, election in-charge and Union Minister, Bhupendra Yadav, election co-in-charge, Pratima Mondol and co-in-charge, minister in the Assam government, Ashok Singhal, and general secretary organisation co-in-charge for North east states, Ajay Jamwal, will also be present there.

During the two-day trip, Nadda will hold various organisational meetings with party office bearers and the BJP core group in the state. He will also inaugurate three district offices of the party, including the main office in the capital city Imphal. Nadda will hold a public rally at Nambol tomorrow, and eat lunch at the home of a booth Karyakarta.

Meetings be held with party workers, and other meetings are scheduled with prominent citizens of Manipur, sources told CNN-News18.

The saffron party is gearing up for the upcoming Manipur assembly polls and has set itself a target of getting two-third majority and 40 out of 60 seats in the polls. The N Biren Singh-led BJP unit is seeking its second term there.

Leading the NDA government, Biren Singh on March 15, 2017 formed the government in Manipur and took the oath with either minister. Later four new ministers were added to his cabinet.

The Biren Singh government got a major jolt in June 2020 when nine MLAs, including ministers, withdrew their support from the government, reducing it to a minority. An intervention by the central leadership within a week’s time resulted in four NPP MLAs coming back to the NDA fold, averting the fall of the government.

Singh was able to win the trust vote during which out of 24 MLAs of Congress 8 defied the party whip and abstained from voting. Thereafter O Henry Singh and six others resigned from the Congress.

At present, the NDA, led by the BJP, is in majority in the assembly with 36 out of 60 seats this includes 20 4BJP MLAs and four MLAs each from NPP and NDF each, 1 from LJP, and three independents.

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