Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh  |  Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced candidates for all 60 Assembly seats in the upcoming Manipur Assembly election, fielding Chief Minister N Biren Singh to contest from his traditional Heingang constituency.
Union minister Bhupender Yadav earlier today said that the BJP will contest on all 60 seats, ruling out the possibility of forging a pre-poll alliance.
Yadav also exuded confidence that the BJP, which is already in power in Manipur, will again form a government in the state with a more than two-third majority on its own.
Assembly elections in the northeastern state will be held in two phases on February 27 and March 3. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
In the 2017 Assembly polls, the BJP had formed a government in the state even as it won just 21 seats compared to Congress’ 28 by joining hands with two local parties – National People’s Party (NPP) and Naga People’s Front (NPF).
Later, BJP’s own tally rose up to 30 after some MLAs switched over from Congress and other parties.